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From "Tanglewood Tales" by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Circe
A powerful and wicked enchantress who transforms men into beasts.
Core Belief
"Humans are inherently flawed and easily corrupted, and it is amusing to expose their bestial natures."
Worldview
Circe sees the world as a playground for her magical powers, where she can indulge her whims and exert control over others. She views humans with a mixture of amusement and contempt.
Personality
Circe is beautiful, cunning, and enjoys manipulating others, particularly men. She possesses immense magical power and uses it to indulge her whims and punish those who displease her. She has a sardonic sense of humor and enjoys the spectacle of humans debasing themselves.
In Their Own Words
"You have been long expected, my good friends, said she. I and my maidens are well acquainted with you, although you do not appear to recognize us. Look at this piece of tapestry, and judge if your faces must not have been familiar to us."
"It is the wholesomest juice that ever was squeezed out of the grape, said she; for, instead of disguising a man, as other liquor is apt to do, it brings him to his true self, and shows him as he ought to be."
"Wretches, cried she, you have abused a lady's hospitality; and in this princely saloon your behavior has been suited to a hog-pen. You are already swine in everything but the human form, which you disgrace, and which I myself should be ashamed to keep a moment longer, were you to share it with me. But it will require only the slightest exercise of magic to make the exterior conform to the hoggish disposition. Assume your proper shapes, gormandizers, and begone to the sty!"
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