Mary Malone
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Mary Malone is a character in the second and third books of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. She is a physicist from Will's world (Which is supposed to be the world in which the reader lives), who is investigating dark matter, known also as Dust, and is told she must play the part of the Serpent for the second Adam and Eve. She is a former nun, however she became an atheist after an encounter with a man from Italy reminded her of her first romantic encounter when she was twelve.
Lyra Belacqua, upon arriving in Will's world, meets Mary when she tries to find an "experimental theologian" in hopes of discovering more about Dust. Mary is amazed by Lyra's knowledge of dark matter, especially after Lyra demonstrates her ability to speak of the unknown by use of the aleithiometer.
Mary, inspired by Lyra's abilities, uses the supercomputer she and her colleague, Dr. Oliver Payne, designed to communicate with Dust. The Dust consequently tells Mary to travel from her own world, through the window that Will found at the beginning of The Subtle Knife. From there, she travels through Cittàgazze to yet another world, as it is Mary's destiny to become the Serpent. She spends most of The Amber Spyglass with creatures known as the Mulefa, trying to see the Dust, which the Mulefa can do naturally. This leads to the creation of her "Amber Spyglass".
At the end of the third novel, the witch Serafina Pekkala reveals to Mary both how to see her dæmon and also its form - that of an Alpine chough. She offers to help Will upon his return to his own world.
Mary Malone is also the name of an Edwardian theatre actress, who married and later divorced the famous actor Godfrey Tearle. She played Juliet, alongside Tearle, in the first British screen adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1908.
| Part of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series |
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| Books |
| Northern Lights/The Golden Compass - The Subtle Knife - The Amber Spyglass Lyra's Oxford - The Book of Dust |
| Films |
| His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass |
| Games |
| The Golden Compass |
| Characters |
| Lyra Belacqua and Pantalaimon - Will Parry - Lord Asriel - Marisa Coulter - Iorek Byrnison - John Faa - Farder Coram - Serafina Pekkala - Lee Scoresby - Iofur Raknison - The Authority - Balthamos - Baruch - Mary Malone - Xaphania - Roger Parslow - Metatron |
| Other |
| Alethiometer - Dust - Æsahættr - Locations - Dæmons - Panserbjørne |
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