Cane · Character
Dan Moore
A working man born in a canefield who walks through town singing to houses that cannot hear him, carrying a healing he cannot deliver.
major
Also known as old Dan, Dan, Mr. Moore, Mr. Daniel Moore
First appearance: part i karintha
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Dan arrives at Muriel's door with raw knuckles and a vision of himself as someone sent to heal a sick world, but the bolted, metallic house and Mrs. Pribby's gimlet eyes tell him what the town thinks of a black man who…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Dan's world of conflict
- Fragments of community and tragedy
- Violence and artistic reflection
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the reaper, isolated by sensory deprivation (blindness, deafn…
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- Muriel
romantic · ambivalent
- Mrs. Pribby
social · negative
- Muriel
romantic · ambivalent
- Mrs. Pribby
social · negative
- Muriel
romantic · ambivalent
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