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Age and build

cadaverous build

“In person he was cadaverous and blackavized” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

Face and hair

long black curls like candles

“his hair was dressed in long curls, which at a little distance looked like black candles, and gave a singularly threatening expression to his handsome countenance” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

blue eyes of profound melancholy

“His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

swarthy complexion

“a curdling smile lit up his swarthy face” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

Dress

apes Charles II attire

“In dress he somewhat aped the attire associated with the name of Charles II, having heard it said in some earlier period of his career that he bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

lace collar

“Skylights lurches clumsily against him, ruffling his lace collar” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

cigar holder in mouth

“in his mouth he had a holder of his own contrivance which enabled him to smoke two cigars at once” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

wears a cloak

“Hook let his cloak slip softly to the ground” (Peter And Wendy, part 13)

Voice and speech

black voice, threatening

“Now for the first time we hear the voice of Hook. It was a black voice. “Put back that pistol first,” it said threateningly” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

speaks through clenched teeth

“To return to the ship,” Hook replied slowly through his teeth” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

elegant diction even when swearing

“the elegance of his diction, even when he was swearing, no less than the distinction of his demeanour, showed him one of a different cast from his crew” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

raconteur of repute

“I have been told that he was a raconteur of repute” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

Signature words

Brimstone and gall

“Brimstone and gall,” thundered Hook” (Peter And Wendy, part 8)

'Tis (archaic contraction)

“they don’t know how dangerous ’tis to eat rich damp cake” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

S'death and odds fish (oath)

“S’death and odds fish,” he thundered” (Peter And Wendy, part 15)

my beauty (term of address)

“So, my beauty,” said Hook, as if he spoke in syrup” (Peter And Wendy, part 14)

my hearty (pirate address)

“Didst never want to be a pirate, my hearty” (Peter And Wendy, part 14)

Ay (affirmation)

“Ay,” he said, “that’s the fear that haunts me” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

Gait and mannerisms

slouching walk from public school

“he still adhered in his walk to the school’s distinguished slouch” (Peter And Wendy, part 14)

hook twitches with irritation

“it made his iron claw twitch, and at night it disturbed him like an insect” (Peter And Wendy, part 12)

paces the deck in thought

“Hook trod the deck in thought” (Peter And Wendy, part 14)

purrs to his claw menacingly

“Hook was purring to his claw” (Peter And Wendy, part 15)

Strengths

man of indomitable courage

“A man of indomitable courage” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

superb swordsman

“Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe’s defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home. Hook, scarcely his inferior in brilliancy” (Peter And Wendy, part 15)

master mind and genius

“Hook’s master mind had gone far beneath Slightly’s surface, probing not for effects but for causes” (Peter And Wendy, part 13)

strategic brilliance

“One cannot at least withhold a reluctant admiration for the wit that had conceived so bold a scheme, and the fell genius with which it was carried out” (Peter And Wendy, part 12)

Flaws

shies at sight of his own blood

“the only thing he shied at was the sight of his own blood, which was thick and of an unusual colour” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

profoundly dejected despite triumph

“But there was no elation in his gait, which kept pace with the action of his sombre mind. Hook was profoundly dejected” (Peter And Wendy, part 14)

unscrupulous and treacherous

“the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it improperly” (Peter And Wendy, part 12)

Traits

grand seigneur manner

“In manner, something of the grand seigneur still clung to him, so that he even ripped you up with an air” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

never more sinister than when polite

“He was never more sinister than when he was most polite, which is probably the truest test of breeding” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

passionate about good form

“above all he retained the passion for good form” (Peter And Wendy, part 14)

not wholly evil, loves flowers and music

“The man was not wholly evil; he loved flowers (I have been told) and sweet music (he was himself no mean performer on the harpsichord” (Peter And Wendy, part 13)

Lines in their own words

revealing his fear of the crocodile

“It liked my arm so much, Smee, that it has followed me ever since, from sea to sea and from land to land, licking its lips for the rest of me” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)

explaining his poisoning scheme

“We will leave the cake on the shore of the Mermaids’ Lagoon. These boys are always swimming about there, playing with the mermaids. They will find the cake and they will gobble it up, because, having no mother, they don’t know how dangerous ’tis to eat rich damp cake” (Peter And Wendy, part 5)