As the Crow Flies (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Austin Clarke
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Poetic
- Time of Work: The seventh century
- Setting: Near the River Shannon in western Ireland
- Genres: Drama, Verse drama
- Subjects: Values, Nature, Religion, Christianity, Storms, Legends, Ireland or Irish people, Animals, Dark ages
- Locales: Ireland
Characters Discussed
Father Virgilius, a middle-aged monk and guide for the younger brothers. His primary function at the monastery of Clonmacnoise is working in the scriptorum, copying ancient manuscripts. As a devoted man of God, he interprets all phenomena in a specifically Christian context. He trusts in divine providence, even in the face of the gigantic storm in which they find themselves caught. He can see the operations of nature only as divine symbols and attempts to teach both Manus and Aengus that lesson.
Brother Aengus, a brother-novice in his late teens or...
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