The Night Circus By Celia Bowen Characters

Celia Bowen is one of the protagonists and involved in every major part of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. We meet Celia very early on when we learn she is the daughter of Hector Bowen, better known by his stage name Prospero the Enchanter. Prospero was the best illusionist until he faked his death. Celia played an impactful role in both the plot and influencing the themes of this story. Celia portrayed an impactful role in plot multiple times throughout this book. For example, when Prospero “died” Celia received a letter in the mail that said, “Your move” (Morgenstern 80). This moves the plot along because Celia had to infer that her competition killed her father and she had to make her move. Also, her and Marco hit it off many times causing great problems because they are competing in this game and they don’t know that they are competing against each other. That helped move the plot because the reader knew that Marco and Celia were going against each other but they didn’t so it created another conflict. Overall, the conflicts created with Prospero’s death and Celia and Marco’s love for each other helped

Celia acted a big role in influencing both of those themes. For instance, Celia and Marco both lost their free will when they were pitted against each other in this competition. Celia even acknowledged herself that they never had free will, “‘I want you to have something neither of us truly had. I want you to have a choice’” (Morgenstern 479). This shows that she lost her free will because she affirms that she never had a choice and was forced to participate in the competition against Marco. Likewise, Celia talked to Marco and she emphasizes, “‘You cannot take away anyone’s own free will, that was one of my very first lessons’” (Morgenstern 292). Certainly, both Marco and Celia realize that they lost their own free will by being put in this