Character Traits / Moral Values / Messages

Dr. Frederick Treves

 Dedication

 Dr Treves is a dedicated doctor because he insisted to bring Mr. Joseph Merrick to the

hospital for a medical examination and possibly, hope to find a remedy to Merrick’s

skin condition.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must perform our duties with full dedication than just doing something for

the sake of someone or for money.

 Quick-thinker

 Immediately “corrects” the postman from thinking he was Merrick, and instead, said

that he was a woman. This was to possibly protect Merrick’s identity.

 Helpful

 Wants to help Merrick live a batter life by fulfilling his requests, like bringing him to

the theatre and to the countryside.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must be helpful to the people around us and should try to fulfil their wishes

if its feasible.

 Kind-heart

 He speaks to Merrick and offers emotional support when he needs it, like meeting

Merrick everyday so that he will have someone to talk to.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must be kind to the people around us. It does not matter if you know the

person or not, and a little bit of kindness goes a long way.

Mr. Simon Silcock

 An Opportunist

 Takes advantage of Merrick and uses him as a business opportunity, like bringing

him around for to be laughed at with a small charge.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must not take opportunity of someone and its a cruel and disgusting thing to

do.
 An Untidy Person

 Rotten fruits can be found around his shop. The room which housed Merrick was also

smelly.

 Dishonest

 He took Merrick’s money and fled Belgium without him.

Mr. Joseph Merrick

 Understanding
 He does not get angry with people who are afraid or makes fun of him. He accepts his

flaw and continues life without making a fuss out of it.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must have patience and understand why certain things happen. Merrick

accepted that people were making fun of him because of his flaw and

realistically, if he was to retaliate, people will laugh more to see an ugly angry

man being grumpy.

 Soft Spoken

 He does not talk much, possibly because many people do not talk to him due to his

ugliness.

 A bookworm

 He reads many books and when he was living in the hospital, his room was filled with

books.

 Emotional
 He gets very emotional, especially when he was watching a play. He got angry with a

character, hit his hand on his chair andstood up to talk to the character mid-

play. However, no one heard him.

Mr Carr Gomm

 Understanding
 He accepts to help Merrick on behalf of the hospital by writing a letter to the The

Times and requesting financial help from their readers.

 He also understands that Merrick is not ill but needs a place to stay or else he will be

neglected.
 Courageous

 He was willing to accept Merrick into the hospital and write about him publicly

despite people were afraid of Merrick and that the police were going after Merrick for

scaring the public.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must be courageous when doing the right thing. Public perception is not to

be thought of when executing a decision, in this scenario, for the better of

Merrick’s life.

 Honesty
 He tells The Times readers that the leftover money meant for Merrick will be

donated to the hospital after Merrick’s unfortunate death.

 Moral Values / Messages

 We must always practise honesty at every second of our lives. When one starts

to be not honest, its a beginning to a destruction of a person’s character.

 Examples Evidences

· Dr. Treves is a doctor at the hospital.

Character traits
He pays 12 pence to see Merrick. After
Kind/helpfull/caring/loving
that, he brings Merrick to the hospital to
examine him.

· Dr. Treves finds a way to help
1. Dr. Treves
Merrick get a home at the hospital by
helps Merrick telling Mr.Gomm about it.
Message/Moral values
· We should be kind.
· We should be helpful.

· We should be loving and caring

· During Merrick’s stay at the hospital,

Dr. Treves visits him everyday and talks Themes
to him so he will not feel lonely.
Kindnesss/love and care

Character traits
Kind/caring/ loving

Message/Moral values
Mr Gomm writes to The Times newspaper
and asks for the public to help Merrick to · We should be kind
2. Mr. Gomm helps
stay in the hospital. He gets £50,000 in a · We should be caring
Merrick
week and Merrick can now have a home
at the hospital. · We should be loving

Themes

Kindness/love and care

· Dr. Treves introduces a beautiful Character traits

young lady to Merrick and she gives him Kind/grateful/caring/loving
some books on their second meeting.

3. Merrick starts
Message/Moral values
making friends and · Merrick also becomes friends with
becomes friends with her Majesty, Queen Alexandra. They talk · We should be kind.
the Queen. about books. Her Majesty even sends him · We should be grateful.
Christmas card and present. After that
· We should be loving and caring.
Merrick writes a letter to Queen Alexandra
to thank her.
 Themes

Kindness/gratefulness/love and care

Character traits
Kind/grateful/loving/caring

Mrs. Kendal and three nurses help Message/Moral values

Merrick to watch his first play at the
· We should be kind.
4. Merrick goes to theatre without anybody seeing him.
watch the play Merrick enjoys the show very much as he · We should be grateful.
laughs and tries to sing like the children.
· We should be loving and caring

Themes

Kindness/love and care

Character traits
· Silcock treats Merrick poorly and Selfish/disrespectful
uses him to make money in London.

Message/Moral values
· Silcock takes Merrick to Belgium
5. Silcock takes · We should not be selfish.
where many people want to see him. He
advantage of Merrick
takes away the £50 that Merrick has · We should respect everyone.
saved and abandons him alone in
· We should be kind to everyone.
Belgium. Merrick finds his way back to
London and is later found by the police. Theme

Selfishness

Character trait
Disrespectful

Some people laugh at Merrick because he

is ugly. One day, a new nurse goes to his
6. A nurse is scared Message/Moral values
room and sees him there. The nurse
of Merrick because he · We should respect everyone.
screams and runs out of the room. This
is ugly.
makes Merrick sad and it is not the first
time such thing has happened to Merrick.
Theme

Prejudice
 Character traits
-grateful

Merrick takes a train to spend 6 weeks at

the countryside. During his stay there, he Message/Moral values
7. Merrick enjoys the enjoys the nature. He listens to the bird -We should be grateful for the beautiful
nature in the country. sing, watches the fish swims, makes nature around us.
friends with a dog and picks some pretty
flowers to put in his room.
Theme

Love for the nature.

Character Traits/Moral Values/Themes