Purgatory (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Ireland
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy
- Subjects: Parents and children, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Ghosts or apparitions, Fathers, Inheritance or succession, Fantasy, Symbolism, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Ireland or Irish people, Celtic Twilight, Celts
- Locales: Ireland
Characters Discussed
Boy, a sixteen-year-old. He has accompanied his father too long, wandering through the Irish countryside. He feels like a packhorse, burdened with his father’s bundle, and is tired of listening to the Old Man’s continuous talking. The boy shows only vague interest in his father’s description of the ruins of an old house before them. Considering his father silly, he ignores questions about their surroundings, for these merely delay their reaching a destination. He obeys his father’s command to stand in the doorway to look for someone inside the...
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