Street Scene (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Elmer Rice
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1929
- Setting: New York
- Genres: Realism, Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, New York City, 1920’s, Adultery, Cities or towns
- Locales: Manhattan, NY
Characters Discussed
Rose Maurrant, the daughter of New York tenement dwellers. She is escorted home by her employer, Harry Easter, who wants to establish her in an apartment and remove her from poverty, an offer that she refuses. Sam Kaplan appears to sympathize with her family problems. Later, Rose tells his sister that she is only slightly attracted to Sam. The next morning, she returns to find that her father has killed her mother and her mother’s lover. Rejecting the proffered help of Easter and of Sam, Rose prepares to leave New York, for she feels that no person should...
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