Break of Noon (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Claudel
- First Published: 1906
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Problem
- Time of Work: The 1900’s
- Setting: Far East
- Genres: Drama, Symbolist literature, Closet drama
- Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Religion, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Asia or Asians, Adultery, Business or business people, Mysticism
- Locales: Asia
Characters Discussed
Ysé, a wife and mother. Thirty years old, beautiful, and the mother of two children, Ysé is a bundle of contradictions: She is a pragmatist and a dreamer, she is strong and weak, and she is free and yet easily controlled. Lonely, fickle, passionate, guilty, and driven, she struggles to find her place in the world and yet remains always aware of the unsuitable nature of each choice she makes.
Mesa, the commissioner of customs in China. In his thirties, Mesa is of medium height, rather undistinguished physically, and not particularly handsome. A...
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