Character Sketch – William Dane
William Dane is described as a, “shining instance of youthful piety” but is “so dazzled by his own light that he holds himself wiser than his teachers.” This stubbornness arises again when he dreams that, “he saw the words ‘calling’ and ‘election sure’ standing by themselves on a white page in the open bible”, suggesting that he is on of the elect to pass directly to Heaven.
