Dubliners · Character
Mr. Fitzpatrick
The manager of the concert series who clashes with Mrs. Kearney over payment.
minor
First appearance: a mother
Mr. Fitzpatrick's tie to Mrs. Mooney is one of the pressures that moves Dubliners—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Mrs. Mooney (professional): Employer and employee; Fitzpatrick is the butcher who employs Mrs. Mooney's daughter, with underlying…
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- Professional
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- Minor figures and background presences
- Central protagonists and catalysts
- Street-level schemers and infatuations
- Party guests and spiritual guides
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Farrington’s psychological peak occurs here as his simmering resentment and humiliation explode into a direct,…
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- Mrs. Mooney
professional · ambivalent
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