Mildred Douglas
Mildred is a vision in white, appropriate for the upper-class promenade deck which she inhabits. She is young and idealistic and at the same time oddly aware that her idealism is without real impact or significance. She has a history of social activism and empathy for the lower class in spite of the wealth accumulated by her steel tycoon grandfather and father, whose millions were made by the sweat of workers such as Yank. There is a hint of guilt in her inquiry into the state of the workers, but her interest lacks, as her aunt has criticized,...
Source: Drama for Students, ©2013 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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