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Steerpike fears that Cora and Clarice are too careless and may tell others that he convinced them to burn down Sepulchrave ’ s library.
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Steerpike and Cora
It starred Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Steerpike, Neve McIntosh as Fuchsia, June Brown as Nannie Slagg, Ian Richardson as Lord Groan, Christopher Lee as Flay, Richard Griffiths as Swelter, Warren Mitchell as Barquentine, Celia Imrie as Countess Gertrude, Lynsey Baxter and Zoë Wanamaker as the twins, Cora and Clarice, and John Sessions as Dr Prunesquallor.
Steerpike successfully destroys the existing order of the castle by inciting the twin sisters of Sepulchrave, Cora and Clarice, to burn Sepulchrave's beloved library.
Due to the vigilance of the old servant Flay Steerpike is eventually unmasked as the murderer of the aunts of Titus, Cora and Clarice.
In this position, Steerpike is able to come into close contact with members of the Groan family, in particular Lord Sepulchrave ’ s twin sisters, Cora and Clarice Groan.
Used by Steerpike as an example of just how low the status of the Ladies Clarice and Cora has fallen as he draws them into his power.
Steerpike and are
Though Titus and Steerpike are often considered the main characters, they share the narrative with many of the other denizens of the castle.
Matters are brought to a head when a huge rainstorm floods the castle, submerging the lower levels and forcing the inhabitants ( and Steerpike ) higher and higher.
To Titus, Master of Ritual Barquentine and his apprentice Steerpike are the embodiment of all he wants to rebel against.
Steerpike has effectively been holding them captive in a remote and abandoned part of the castle, and they are utterly dependent on him for food and drink.
Nevertheless, both of them are now thoroughly suspicious about Steerpike and his role in the various disappearances and deaths among the happenings of the castle.
Unaware of the accident when they find her body, both Countess Gertrude and Titus are convinced that Steerpike is to blame, and both resolve to bring the murderer to justice.
Lord Sepulchrave ’ s chief servant, Mr. Flay ( Swelter ’ s archenemy ), comes upon Steerpike who has become lost in the confines of the castle, and takes him through the castle ( large parts of which are uninhabited ) to a room outside the quarters of the Earl and the Countess.
He arranges for the burning to happen when the entire Groan family and their most important servants are inside the library for a family gathering ( Steerpike intentionally failed to tell the twins that they were invited as well, strengthening their feeling of bitterness towards Sepulchrave and Gertrude ).
Naturally, their remains are not found, but Steerpike is able to gain a good knowledge of all the rooms in the castle.
Steerpike and tell
After the disappearance of the Earl and the chief cook ( the exiled Flay is not able to tell anyone what has happened ), Steerpike leads a search for them.
Steerpike and others
If he were to stay in the castle, his anger and resentment would turn inwards, leading him to abuse his power over others as Steerpike sought to do.
Steerpike and them
Deciding to remove the twins, Steerpike convinces them to move into a distant and abandoned region of the castle by confabulating an epidemic of " Weasel Plague ", which they must be quarantined from.
At approximately this time the Twins die of starvation in their remote room ; locked away they were completely dependent on Steerpike for supplies, but he ceased to visit them when they attempted to kill him and escape.
Due to Steerpike's prolonged recovery he is unable to supply them ( and at some level Steerpike is aware of this, even in his delirium ), and by the time he has recovered they have already died of thirst and starvation.
Steerpike and Sepulchrave
Things happen differently though: Steerpike, now a full-time retainer of the twins, having quit Doctor Prunesquallor ’ s service, angers Flay by sarcastically imitating Sepulchrave ’ s madness.
Steerpike and ’
Despite having led him there, the fiercely loyal Flay is angered by Steerpike ’ s eavesdropping and locks him in a small room.
Steerpike hoped to become Master of Ritual ( a very prestigious job in Gormenghast ) after Sourdust died, but the title, like so many things in the castle, is hereditary, and so goes to Sourdust ’ s seventy-four-year-old son Barquentine, who has lived almost completely forgotten in a remote part of the castle for sixty years.
Flay loses control and hurls one of the countess ’ white cats at Steerpike.
Steerpike and library
As David Louis Edelman notes, the prescient Steerpike never seems to be able to accomplish much either, except to drive Titus ' father mad by burning his library.
Yet neither is able to connect Steerpike as the cause of the tragic events, as he was their apparent savior from the fire in the library.
Steerpike and .
It starred Luke Treadaway as Titus, David Warner as the Artist and Carl Prekopp as Steerpike.
Some contact with the outside world is implied ; Dr. Prunesquallor at one point sketches an ostrich skeleton, while Steerpike procures a monkey from somewhere.
The main plot therefore follows the somewhat bizarre inhabitants of Gormenghast Castle, and in particular chronicles the rise to power of Steerpike, a scheming kitchen boy.
Meanwhile, Steerpike continues his rise to power by killing Barquentine, the Master of Ritual, and taking his place, but he is eventually unmasked as a traitor and murderer.
The castle is flooded by a rainstorm, and in a watery duel with Titus, Steerpike is killed, leaving the way clear for Titus to reign.
Eventually, he leaves Gormenghast after defeating Steerpike in battle.
She becomes a leader figure of sorts during the flooding of the castle and hunt for Steerpike, but once the threat has passed she retreats back into her own world of isolation.
Steerpike: A youthful outsider, beginning as a kitchen boy, who worms his way into the hierarchy of Gormenghast for his own personal gain.
He is eventually exiled from Gormenghast for throwing one of the Countess's cats at Steerpike.
) Although he appears at first to be foppish and weak, the doctor later shows himself to be both intelligent and courageous, and he plays an important role in defeating Steerpike.
He makes the grievous error of allowing Steerpike to become his assistant.
Ironically it is only Steerpike, the power hungry, psychopathic and devious rebel, who shares Titus ' contempt for the rules and traditions of Gormenghast.
The contrast between Titus and Steerpike is at the heart of Gormenghast.
Though Steerpike manages to escape his life in the kitchens, he cannot see beyond the castle, while Titus wants to escape into the world outside.
As he grows to manhood, his emergence into liberation is darkly shadowed by the progress of Steerpike, who has declared " Equality is everything " whilst pulling the legs off a beetle.
With the death of his foster-sister by lightning, Titus loses his boyhood ; with the death of Fuchsia by drowning, his heart is hardened, and he has the strength to kill Steerpike.
In killing Steerpike, Titus is symbolically also killing his own shadowside.
With the eventual execution of Steerpike, the last bond of connection with his immemorial home is severed and "... turning his back ... Titus rode out of his world.
Fuchsia possesses a great and passionate love which, finding no outlet, wastes itself in frustration and is cruelly abused by Steerpike.
It starred Luke Treadaway as Titus, David Warner as the Artist and Carl Prekopp as Steerpike.
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