Cassandra Mortmain

In I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain is a very charismatic girl.She lives in a castle with her family who is poor.Cassandra commits her time into a journal she has which gives us the readers a description of the many events and people in her life,including the most eventful part of Cassandra life,Cassandra falling in love with a wealthy American named Simon Cotton.Therefore,since her sister Rose wants a chance to marry rich gentlemen,she plans to marry Simon because she doesn't want to live in poverty anymore “I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money,” Rose says.To repeat,while getting to know Simon, Cassandra starts to develop feelings for Simon which is one of the conflicts Cassandra
Sarah about her feelings towards Linus which helps Audrey at the end very much,it helps her so much that she starts to get more comfortable with Linus “Seeing Linus is definitely making me feel better” Audrey says.At the end,Audrey ends up with Linus and also overcomes her fears “As she comes close to turn off the camera,Audrey’s blue eyes were filling the screen”.On the other hand, Cassandra handles her situation all by herself.Cassandra tells nobody about her feelings towards Simon so instead, she expresses her feelings in her journal.Ever since Rose and Simon got engaged,Cassandra has had the castle to herself and during that time she has experienced how it feels to have the castle all to herself.Unfortunately,Rose broke off her engagement to Simon and married his brother Neil which left Simon heartbroken.Before Simon’s departure to America, he asks Cassandra if she would like to go to America, but she decides not to go but still has hope that Simon would return.“He said he would come back.Only the margin left to write on now.I love you,I love you,I love you.”.As a result both characters overcame their feelings of doubt and guilt and both became strong