The Green Pastures (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Marc Connelly
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: The 1920’s, biblical times
- Setting: Lower Louisiana and Heaven
- Genres: Drama, Mythological literature, Folk drama
- Subjects: African Americans, Values, Suffering, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, 1920’s, Human race, Christianity, Biblical times, Heaven
- Locales: Louisiana, Heaven
Characters Discussed
God, who is seen through the eyes of an elderly black preacher as the tallest and biggest of the angels. Dressed in evening clothes and speaking in a rich, bass voice in black dialect (which all the characters use), He participates in human activities such as attending fish fries and working in His office. He also makes human mistakes; for example, when in need of some “firmament” to season his boiled custard, He creates too much and wets the cherubs’ wings, so He must pass a miracle to get rid of the excess “firmament.” He creates Earth to drain...
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