Purgatory (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- 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
Places Discussed
Ruined house. Charred and derelict building before which the play’s only two characters, an Old Man and a Boy (his son), stand throughout the play. The Old Man explains to his disinterested son that he was born in the house and that it was occupied for generations before him by magistrates, colonels, members of Parliament, captains, and governors—great people who loved the house and its intricate passages and magnificent library. However, the house is now a ruin, burned nearly to the ground by the drunken groomsman who inherited it from his wife, the Old...
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