Colours in the Dark (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Reaney
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: Canada
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Mythological literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Values, 1960’s, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Memory, Canada or Canadians, Imagination, Colors
- Locales: Canada
Characters Discussed
Pa, the father, who can read palms and tell the color of things even while blindfolded. He also plays the man initiated into an understanding of his own life during the Sundog ritual. He is the cruel schoolmaster who whips the children for their faults in spelling, the wealthy and powerful executive who is the first to die in the Dance of Death, and the grocer who pulls a customer backward and forward through time by the string attached to her parcel. He recites the poem on the Royal Visit. He plays the teacher of the writing class and the student who baby-...
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