Sir leigh teabing biography examples

Character Analysis

Plucky Comic Relief

If you've seen the movie adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, you might have a hard time reconciling the physical differences between the incomparable Ian McKellan and the character described thusly:

Their host arrived at the bottom of the stairs, appearing to Sophie no more like a knight than Sir Elton John.

Portly and ruby-faced, Sir Leigh Teabing had bushy red hair and jovial hazel eyes that seemed to twinkle as he spoke. He wore pleated pants and a roomy silk shirt under a paisley vest. Despite the aluminum braces on his legs, he carried himself with a resilient, vertical dignity that seemed more a by-product of noble ancestry than any kind of conscious effort. (54.33)

But despite his ginger Santa-style look, Teabing serves several important roles in our story.

The least important but most fun: plucky comic relief.

Despite his obvious intellectual gifts, this guy has the sophomoric humor of a…well, a