Question

In this excerpt from “The Red Shoes” by Hans Christian Anderson, who are the two minor characters?

There was once a pretty, delicate little girl, who was so poor that she had to go barefoot in summer and wear coarse wooden shoes in winter, which made her little instep quite red.

In the center of the village there lived an old shoemaker's wife. One day this good woman made, as well as she could, a little pair of shoes out of some strips of old red cloth. The shoes were clumsy enough, to be sure, but they fitted the little girl tolerably well, and anyway the woman's intention was kind. The little girl's name was Karen.

On the very day that Karen received the shoes, her mother was to be buried. They were not at all suitable for mourning, but she had no others, so she put them on her little bare feet and followed the poor plain coffin to its last resting place.

Just at that time a large, old-fashioned carriage happened to pass by, and the old lady who sat in it saw the little girl and pitied her.

"Give me the little girl," she said to the clergyman, "and I will take care of her."

Karen
Karen’s mother
the shoemaker’s wife
the old lady
the clergyman

Answer 1

Answer: the shoemaker’s wife

the old lady

Step-by-step explanation:

Minor characters are the other characters that can be seen in a particular story but it should be noted that these characters aren't as vital as the main characters.

The two minor characters in the excerpt are the shoemaker's wife and the old lady. The story revolved around Karen which means that she was the main character. The shoemaker's wife and the old lady are the minor characters.