Meggie Folchart
Encyclopedia
Meggie Folchart is a character in the Inkworld trilogy, by Cornelia Funke
. She is the only daughter to Mo
and his wife Teresa ("Resa"). Meggie serves as one of the protagonist
s of the series. In the Inkheart Films, Meggie is played by Eliza Bennett
.
Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German author of children's fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkworld trilogy, with the English translation of the third book, Inkdeath, released on 6 October 2008. Many of her...
. She is the only daughter to Mo
Mortimer Folchart
Mortimer "Mo" Folchart is a fictional character in Cornelia Funke's Inkheart trilogy. He is a bookbinder and has the ability to bring fictional characters to life in the "real world" by reading aloud from books. He has a daughter named Meggie who also has the talent to bring characters out of...
and his wife Teresa ("Resa"). Meggie serves as one of the protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
s of the series. In the Inkheart Films, Meggie is played by Eliza Bennett
Eliza Bennett
Eliza Hope Bennett is an English teen actress and singer. Her most notable roles were that of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart and Susan in From Time to Time.-Early life:...
.
Description
Meggie is described as a tall and slim girl with bright, smooth blonde hair and blue eyes. People say she looks just like her mother, except her mother's hair has darkened during the time of slavery to Mortola. Meggie generally wears casual clothing, described as jeans, sweaters and occasionally dresses. She is very laid-back. She loves reading books, especially ones with happy endings, and they are her closest friends. She loves a boy named Farid but, in Inkdeath, gradually her feelings for him became distant as he thought only about Dustfinger's death. In the third book, she shown signs of feeling for Doria during Farid's absence. In the end, she choose to stay with Doria instead of travelling with Farid. She confesses that her heart beats stronger for Doria than Farid. Meggie gave the nickname "Mo" to her father, and has never called him anything else. She also has the talent to read characters out of books. She is a very brave girl but can sometimes be rather obstinate.Character biography
- In the first book InkheartInkheartInkheart is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy....
, Meggie learns that her father can bring stories to life and is being chased by a man called Capricorn for this. She gets captured by Capricorn and Mo comes to save her. Together with her great-aunt Elinor, Dustfinger - a fire-eater, Farid - a boy called from the book Arabian Nights, Fenoglio - the writer of InkheartInkheartInkheart is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy....
and a horned marten named GwinGwinGwin can refer to*The former settlement Gwin, California*An animal character in Cornelia Funke's Inkworld trilogy...
, Meggie and Mo try to destroy Capricorn and his evil army. She learns that she too has inherited her father's gift, and is forced to read for Capricorn, but Mo helps her defeat him. - In InkspellInkspellInkspell is a young adult novel by Cornelia Funke. It was named the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year in the Children's Literature category....
, Meggie and Farid jump into the book and try to save Mo from an execution. Meggie has a romantic relationship with Farid. - In Inkdeath, Meggie follows the strolling players under the leadership of the Black Prince. The romantic relationship with Farid is shattered as Meggie feels betrayed by his inability to come see her due to his service to Orpheus and when he ignores her due to Dustfinger's return. Meggie accompanies the Bluejay [Mo] into Ombra Castle, begins a new relationship with a boy named Doria who she later falls in love with, and helps the strolling players to fend off an attack by the Milksop. She latter marries Doria, and forgets all about Farid, who no longer pays attention to Meggie but Dustfinger. Farid, at the end of the book, before leaving to be a fire-dancer, asks Meggie to come with him on the adventures and they can re-created their romantic relastionship. She rejects him and her and Doria start dating and then get married later.
- Meggie's father is Mortimer Folchart and he has the ability to read characters out of books, just like the power Meggie found of herself. Mo (also called Bluejay or Silvertongue) read his wife into Inkheart and was searching for a long time to finally find a copy to read Resa (his wife) out of it again. This was when Inkheart took off and the mysteries and the story unfolded of this magical land.