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Charlotte A. Cavatica | Charlotte's Web
At first glance, one might not get a very favorable impression of Charlotte. She can be aloof and quick to judge (both positively and negatively), with a natural distrust of and disdain for humans. She has little patience for things like self-pity and hysterics, and scolds Wilbur several times for making a scene (even when he has a fairly good reason, such as when he finds out that he'll be killed in the winter or when she tells him that she's about to die). She's an unapologetic carnivore who at first frightens the pig with her descriptions of how she traps bugs in her web and drinks their blood. And, though she scorns the farm's humans for tricking Wilbur into fattening himself up for slaughter, she's a bit of a schemer herself-- besides the aforementioned business with the bug-trapping, at one point she tricks Templeton the rat into having a run-in with a cat, in order to teach him a lesson for not taking an interest in Wilbur's future.
Overall, Charlotte has a rather proper personality. The way she speaks shows that she's intelligent as well as crafty, and she has quite a bit of knowledge for a spider. She's usually polite, even towards those that she doesn't necessarily like, and while she can be severe she's never completely cruel-- even the bugs she eats are put to sleep with her venom before she kills them, so that they don't feel any pain. Indeed, Charlotte has a warm and loyal core. Her actions towards Wilbur are almost maternal-- even when she's cross with him, she seems more like a loving mother reprimanding a child than anything else. And for those that she has affection for, she's willing and determined to do anything to help them.
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If accepted, I'll pull Charlotte from before the start of her canon. I'll also primarily be going by the canon from the novel. Icons from the 1974 film adaptation will be used, and it's possible that I might use film clips from it as well, but since the film is faithful to the source and follows the book very closely there shouldn't be any discrepancies or problems caused by canon mixing.
Additional Links:
Wikipedia's entry on the book, as well as the film adaptations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte's_Web)