The Intruder (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: A dark room in an old château
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Blindness or blind persons, Upper classes, Death or dying, Grandparents or grandchildren, Castles, Tragedy, Nursing or nurses, Germany or German people
- Locales: Earth
Characters Discussed
The Grandfather, who, like the prophets in the works of Homer and Sophocles, is blind but sees the truth more clearly than the younger people around him. He says exactly what he discerns. His persistent questions about who is in the garden and the sitting room or why the lamp burns less brightly and his accusations that his family is keeping important information from him show him to be, despite his frailty from living nearly eighty years, a seeker of truth on all levels—rational, emotional, and intuitive. The Father remembers that before he became blind...
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