The Garden of Earthly Delights (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Martha Clarke
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Surrealism
- Time of Work: Biblical creation and the fifteenth century
- Setting: A landscape painted by Hieronymus Bosch
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Creation myth
- Locales: Landscape painted by Hieronymus Bosch
Characters Discussed
Tree-Man, who appears during the opening measures of music, a man in a gray body suit who trudges slowly and stiffly to center stage, holding bare tree limbs overhead. He remains onstage, silently watching the unfolding scene between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. He stalks offstage glumly at the end of the scene but reappears throughout the piece to survey the ensuing decadence and eventual desolation. Throughout the piece, his presence is ambiguous, but he seems to watch the events with the natural gaze of a choral commentator.
Adam and
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