Characters - In the Time of the Butterflies

The Mirabel Sisters

Patria Mercedes – Eldest

Dedé – Second oldest

Minerva – Third oldest

Maria-Teresa – Youngest

Parents

Dona Mercedes,  Mother

Don Enrique Mirabel, Father

Others

Pedrito Gonzalez– Patria’s Husband

Nelson & Norris – Patria & Pedrito’s Children in order of oldest to youngest

Sinitta– Friend of Minerva

Sor Milagros– Religious official in charge of the school, Nun

Sor Asuncion – Nun at school with Milagros

Jaimito – Friend of the sisters

Léo – Friend of the sisters

Horacio – Meeting organizer that Sinitta goes to

Carmen - Enrique's mistress
Margarita = Carmen's daughter
Manuel de Moya = secretary of state
tio Chiche = Trujillo's  old friend, and part of the Mirabal family
Manolo - Minerva's husband
Fela -