Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Character Analysis
Mattie Campbell
Mattie Campbell is one of Seth’s tenants, who wants nothing more than to get married and have children, and who chases Herald at the end of the play. When she first comes to Seth’s boardinghouse, Mattie, a twenty-six-year-old woman, is seeking out Bynum’s help. She is hoping the conjurer can bind her old boyfriend, Jack Carper, to her so that he will not leave again. Mattie had two babies with Carper, but they both died, and he thinks she is cursed. However, Bynum says that she and Carper are not meant to be together. Although Mattie is...
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