Short Plays · Character
Dan Burke
An old farmer and herd who lies shrouded in his own bed, testing his young wife with a black curse and a hidden stick.
supporting
Also known as Dan, Dan It, Daniel Burke
First appearance: in the shadow of the glen
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Dan Burke is the body under the sheet in the glen cottage, an old man who cursed his wife that morning and forbade her to touch him when he died. He keeps a black stick in the cupboard for a bad wife, and he lies still…
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- Family
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Love triangle deception
- Protagonist
- Sea-tragedy family and tinkers
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
This scene is the dramatic climax because it represents the emotional and psychological peak of Sarah and Mich…
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- Micheal Dara
family · negative
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- Nora Burke
family · negative
- Tramp
rivalry · negative
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