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The Matilda McDuck character was dropped in Barks ' 1991 Duck Family Tree sketch ( where Gladstone Gander is the biological grandson of Grandma Duck and not related to Scrooge ), but Don Rosa picked up the name, and used Matilda McDuck as a prominent character in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.
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He later married Downy O ' Drake, his wife in Rosa's stories, who became the mother of three of his children: Scrooge McDuck, Matilda McDuck, and Hortense McDuck.
Even though Fergus decided not to tell Scrooge about the treasure, he learns about it through other ways and, like Matilda McDuck, thinks Fergus kept the secret from him because he disapproved Scrooge.
Gideon is now considered the last of Fergus ' five children and a younger half-brother of Rumpus McFowl, Scrooge McDuck, Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck.
A daughter-in-law to Grandma Duck, a sister to Matilda McDuck and Scrooge McDuck, wife to Quackmore Duck, sister-in-law of Goosetave Gander and Daphne Duck, aunt to Gladstone Gander, mother to Della Duck and Donald Duck and finally grandmother to Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck.
Hortense and Matilda changed their names to Duck after marriage, so, technically, Scrooge is the last McDuck.
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Don Rosa has suggested that Matilda McDuck could have married the well-known Disney character Ludwig von Drake.
* Mr. Wormwood, a fictional character in the British book Matilda, by Roald Dahl, and lead character in the film based on the book
Pandulf's role in King John's reign made him a character in later literary and dramatic works that deal with the monarch, like Shakespeare's King John and Robert Davenport's King John and Matilda.
In Roald Dahl's novel Matilda, Ms. Trunchbull makes a habit of tormenting the schoolchildren so outrageously that one character remarks that she may be doing this in order that any children to report their mistreatment would not be believed.
The character of Matilda was highly praised by Coleridge as Lewis's masterpiece, and is said to be “ exquisitely imagined ” and “ superior in wickedness to the most wicked of men.
He acknowledges that it is “ the offspring of no common genius ,” that the “ underplot ... is skilfully and closely connected with the main story, and is subservient to its development ,” that the story Lewis weaves in about the bleeding nun is “ truly terrific ” and that he cannot recall a “ bolder or more happy conception than that of the burning cross on the forehead of the wandering Jew .” Coleridge gives his highest praise to the character of Matilda, whom he believes is “ the author ’ s master-piece.
Ambrosio begins to deviate from his holy conduct when he encounters Matilda, a character revealed at the end of the novel to be an emissary of Satan.
For a bit of this novel Ambrosio is the weak main character that is normally seen in the female character in earlier Gothic novels, such as Matilda from The Castle of Wolfenbach.
In Roald Dahl's novel, " Matilda ", the lead character is portrayed having exceptional mathematical skills as she computes her dad's profit without the need for paper computations.
Also, in the film, Mrs Phelps only interacts with Matilda when she asks for the children's books section and when she offers Matilda a library card, while in the novel, the character is developed a little more, to the point that she briefly considers informing the press of Matilda's genius and intellect at such an early age, but ultimately decides to mind her own business out of respect for Matilda's privacy.
It has also been reported that the character of Miss Honey began as a well-intentioned alcoholic whose misdemeanors repeatedly had to be covered up by Matilda from the attentions of her headmistress.
As theosophists, both the Baums and the Gages believed in reincarnation, and thought this child might have been Matilda Joslyn Gage, whose personal spark is apparently written into the character.
In Matilda ( 1996 ), a feature based on Roald Dahl's children's fantasy, she played the role of Miss Honey, the grade one teacher of the title character.
Matilda and Henry seem to have known one another for some time before their marriage — William of Malmesbury states that Henry had " long been attached " to her, and Orderic Vitalis says that Henry had " long adored " her character.
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Seeing them waiting there at the foot of Emigrant Rock was so overwhelming that, for a good minute after they rounded the bend and started down the grade leading toward them, Matilda could not speak at all.
Then, with a glory that almost wiped out the deep, downward sags in her careworn face, Matilda leaned over the wheel and shouted to Hez, who was stumbling along in the heat and the dust on the opposite side of the wagon `` Pa!!
Afonso's first wife was Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, daughter of Renaud, Count of Dammartin, and Ida, Countess of Boulogne.
His father, Johan Henrik Aalto, was a Finnish-speaking land-surveyor and his mother, Selly ( Selma ) Matilda ( née Hackstedt ) was a postmistress.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut of Russian Jewish heritage, Capp was the eldest child of Otto Philip and Matilda ( Davidson ) Caplin.
His mother was Matilda Beatrice DeMille ( née Samuel ), whose parents were both of German Jewish heritage.
There is some evidence suggesting Henry was unsure of his own hopes and the oath to make Matilda his heir.
Upon Henry ’ s death, the Norman and English barons ignored Matilda ’ s claim to the throne, and thus through a series of decisions, Stephen, Henry ’ s favourite nephew, was welcomed by many in England and Normandy as their new ruler.
Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga and founded many religious institutions, including the abbey of Quedlinburg where Henry is buried, and was later canonized.
His will stipulated that he was to be succeeded by his daughter, the Empress Matilda, but his stern rule was followed by a period of civil war known as the Anarchy.
Eight years later, after William's death in 1120, a much more momentous union was made between Henry's daughter, ( the former Empress ) Matilda and Fulk's son Geoffrey Plantagenet, which eventually resulted in the union of the two realms under the Plantagenet Kings.
Following the writings of suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage and others, Margaret Murray, in her 1921 book The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, proposed the theory that the witches of the early-modern period were remnants of a pagan cult and that the Christian Church had declared the god of the witches was in fact the Devil.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in Brooklyn, New York after the death of his brother Max, was the second of four children of Matilda Andrades ( July 28, 1934 – November 17, 2008 ) and Gerard Basquiat ( born 1930 ).
* The Mora was the ship given to William the Conqueror by his wife, Matilda, and used as the flagship in the Norman conquest of England.
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