Aunt Dan and Lemon (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wallace Shawn
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to the 1980’s
- Setting: London and Oxford, England
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, 1960’s, 1970’s, Power, personal or social, Politics, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, 1980’s, England or English people, Vietnam War, London, Corruption
- Locales: London, England, Oxford, England
Characters Discussed
Leonora, called Lemon, Susie and Jack’s daughter. A sickly young woman living alone in London, Lemon sits in her apartment and subsists on bread, fruit, and vegetable juices. Lately, her time has been spent sleeping, masturbating, and reading books about the Nazi death camps. During her childhood, Lemon would lie in bed and listen to the stories told by Aunt Dan. Lemon later explains that when she was eighteen, she felt physically attracted to Aunt Dan, but because Aunt Dan was sick at the time, she did not make an advance. Lemon’s defense of the Nazis...
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