Cloud Nine (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Caryl Churchill
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century and 1979
- Setting: A British colony in Africa, and London
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Self-discovery, Africa or Africans, Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Obsession, England or English people, Lesbianism or lesbians, London, Servants
- Locales: Africa, London, England
Characters Discussed
Clive, a British administrator stationed in Africa. A stereotypical Victorian, Clive constantly cites his duty to God, the British Empire, the queen, and his family as motivation for his behavior. Like the other characters, Clive is a caricature who is both humorous and a painful reminder of social problems. As a Victorian colonialist, he is narrow-minded, hypocritical, and blind to the injustice done to the native Africans on whom his comfort depends. He continues to dominate his family and the natives only with difficulty, however, and act 1 ends with...
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