Arachne Crane was a female resident of the Capitol and a student of the Academy. She was one of 24 top-performing seniors at the Academy selected to be a mentor for the 10th Hunger Games. She was assigned the female tribute from District 10, Brandy.
Her family was part of the old guard of the wealthy from the Capitol. They worked in the travel industry, which took a hit during and after the First Rebellion, but Coriolanus Snow thought that it might be picking up based on her ability to afford fresh grapes.
People thought that she and Coriolanus Snow were great friends and, as such, he was tasked with singing "Gem of Panem" at her funeral. In fact, the two were not actually very close at all. They had grown up together, attending important events in each other's lives, as was natural for members of two families of money who lived close together, but did not really like each other.[1]
She was killed by her own tribute, Brandy, knifed in the throat after she taunted Brandy by reaching through her bars in the Capitol Zoo to offer a bottled drink, only to then withdraw it. Brandy used the smashed bottle that Crane had taunted her with to accomplish the deed.[2]
It is likely that she was a relative of Seneca Crane.
Personality and traits[]
She was a boisterous individual and Coriolanus Snow felt that she had always been very loud and was always socking people. She was cruel and taunted her tribute, which resulted in her death.[2] Snow found her funeral ridiculous and out of proportion for someone like her, given how many had died heroically in the First Rebellion.[3]
Trivia[]
- Arachne was a legendary mortal maiden and weaver from Greco-Roman mythologies, who in her own arrogance declared herself a better than the goddess Athena/Minerva, who was the patron of said profession. Due to her own arrogance, she accepted a challenge proposed by the goddess, which she lost. As punishment she was turned into the first spider. The arrogance of her namesake is reflected in the character.
References[]
- ↑ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 6
- ↑ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 9