Dame Care (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Hermann Sudermann
- First Published: 1887
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Germany
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Child abuse, Farms, farmers, or farming, Fathers, Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Germany or German people, Arson
- Locales: Germany, Prussia
Characters Discussed
Max Meyerhofer (MI-ehr-hoh- fehr), a violent and brutal man given to grandiose but unsuccessful schemes for making money. He loses the family estate and sinks constantly deeper into poverty. He dies of a stroke as he is about to burn Mr. Douglas’ barn.
Frau Elsbeth Meyerhofer, his long- suffering wife; after years of patience, her spirit is broken, and she dies a lingering death.
Paul Meyerhofer, their third son, born at the time the estate is lost; he is reared in poverty. His father ridicules him, but his mother is loving. After his father...
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