# Immalee — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> Immalee in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** beautiful Immalee

**First appearance:** 0011-x

## Who they are

A pure-hearted island girl raised in nature's innocence, whose first encounter with civilization comes in the form of a tempter.

## Relationships

### [John Melmoth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/john_melmoth)

_romantic_

Immalee, an innocent island girl, is seduced and corrupted by John Melmoth, who offers her love in exchange for her soul.

### [Doña Isidora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/dona_isidora)

_psychological_

Doña Isidora and Immalee are both victims of John Melmoth, their parallel suffering creating a dark mirror between them, though they never directly interact.

### [John Melmoth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/john_melmoth)

_romantic_

Immalee, an innocent island girl, is seduced and corrupted by John Melmoth, who offers her love in exchange for her soul.

### [Doña Isidora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/dona_isidora)

_psychological_

Doña Isidora and Immalee are both victims of John Melmoth, their parallel suffering creating a dark mirror between them, though they never directly interact.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xiv)

Appears as a vision of a white-skinned 'island goddess' on a desert island, speaking a language unknown to the native lovers.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xv)

The beautiful and innocent island dweller, who lives in harmony with nature and has no concept of evil or suffering. She engages with the stranger with curiosity and affection.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xvi)

Immalee experiences profound emotional and spiritual awakening, observing nature and religious visions, and declares her wish to become a Christian.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xvii)

Innocent island girl who is deeply affected by the stranger's descriptions of human evil; she weeps and asks him to remain with her.

### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xviii)

Expresses profound love and devotion to Melmoth during a storm, singing a song of despair and clinging to him despite his threats.

### [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xix)

Now in Spanish society, her natural innocence contrasts with artificiality; faints upon seeing Melmoth and responds to his whispered name.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxi)

Referenced by Melmoth as his 'own—my only Immalee,' recalling her former innocent identity on the desert island.

### [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Referenced indirectly as the infant daughter who survived a shipwreck, grew up on a desert island, and was later restored to her family; now in Madrid and threatened by a deadly fascination.

## Links

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