Buried Child | Dodge
Dodge is one of the most important figures in the play. Once the strong, energetic, successful leader of the family and its farm, he is now in his seventies and has degenerated into a slovenly, drunken, curmudgeonly old man who spends all his time smoking and drinking, curled up on the sofa watching television. The change in Dodge's lifestyle and personality is understandable, given his family's past: After raising three children and helping build a prosperous farm, his wife, Halie, conceived a fourth child with their eldest son, Tilden. Unable to live with the shame, and perhaps...
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