The Broken Jug (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Heinrich von Kleist
- First Published: 1811
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Farce
- Time of Work: Late eighteenth century
- Setting: A village in The Netherlands
- Genres: Drama, Farce, Comedy
- Subjects: Justice, Love or romance, Eighteenth century, Judges, Netherlands or Dutch people, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: Netherlands
Characters Discussed
Adam (AH-dahm), the village judge. In an attempted seduction of Eve, a village girl, he is surprised by her betrothed, beaten by him, and forced to jump out of her window to escape recognition by his attacker. In spite of his invention of a series of unlikely stories designed to conceal his identity from the townsfolk and explain away the scars of battle, he eventually is found out, exposed before his court, and forced to flee the village to escape another beating.
Martha Rull (MAHR-teh rool), a village woman. She is in Adam’s court carrying a...
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