# Kastril — The Alchemist character guide

> Kastril in The Alchemist by Ben Jonson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Kastrils

**First appearance:** 0010-act-iii

## Snapshot

A swaggering country gentleman who has come to town to learn the noble art of quarreling and to marry off his widowed sister.

## Who they are

Kastril arrives at Lovewit's house eager to purchase lessons in swearing, gaming, and the fashionable violence of a London gallant, dragging his sister Dame Pliant along as a bargaining chip. His bluster is comic and dangerous in equal measure: he threatens to 'maul' his sister into obedience one moment and defers to Subtle's astrological pronouncements the next. His hunger to be seen as a gentleman makes him the perfect mark for the alchemists' promises of Spanish countesses and dueling instruction.

## Relationships

### [Sir Epicure Mammon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/sir_epicure_mammon)

_professional_

Kastril, a quarrelsome young man, hires Mammon and Subtle to learn the art of quarreling and to arrange a marriage.

### [Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/face)

_professional_

Face poses as a captain to teach Kastril how to quarrel, exploiting his aggression for the scam.

### [Subtle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/subtle)

_professional_

Subtle pretends to teach Kastril the art of quarreling while fleecing him for money.

### [Abel Drugger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/abel_drugger)

_social_

Drugger and Kastril are both clients of the alchemists, occasionally interacting as fellow dupes.

### [Abel Drugger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/abel_drugger)

_social_

Drugger and Kastril are both clients of the alchemists, occasionally interacting as fellow dupes.

### [Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/face)

_professional_

Face poses as a captain to teach Kastril how to quarrel, exploiting his aggression for the scam.

### [Sir Epicure Mammon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/sir_epicure_mammon)

_professional_

Kastril, a quarrelsome young man, hires Mammon and Subtle to learn the art of quarreling and to arrange a marriage.

### [Subtle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/subtle)

_professional_

Subtle pretends to teach Kastril the art of quarreling while fleecing him for money.

### [Abel Drugger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/abel_drugger)

_social_

Drugger and Kastril are both clients of the alchemists, occasionally interacting as fellow dupes.

### [Sir Epicure Mammon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_alchemist_se/characters/sir_epicure_mammon)

_professional_

Kastril, a quarrelsome young man, hires Mammon and Subtle to learn the art of quarreling and to arrange a marriage.

## Links

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