# Anna Blake — Gladiator character guide

> Anna Blake in Gladiator by Philip Wylie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anna

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A young woman Hugo meets and becomes infatuated with.

## Relationships

### [Hugo Danner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/characters/hugo_danner)

_romantic_

Anna Blake is a former love interest of Hugo, with a relationship that ended due to his inability to be fully open about his nature.

### [Hugo Danner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/characters/hugo_danner)

_romantic_

Anna Blake is a former love interest of Hugo, with a relationship that ended due to his inability to be fully open about his nature.

### [Hugo Danner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/characters/hugo_danner)

_romantic_

Anna Blake is a former love interest of Hugo, with a relationship that ended due to his inability to be fully open about his nature.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/chapters/iii)

A little girl with golden curls and blue eyes whom Hugo secretly admires. Her laughter at the bully's taunt deepens his sense of loneliness.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/chapters/v)

Anna is Hugo's lover, a pretty and warm young woman who gradually increases physical intimacy with Hugo. She becomes irritable and loses weight, is sent away by her family, and eventually marries another man after a brief acquaintance.

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