Spoon River Anthology · Character

Daisy Fraser

The woman Spoon River nods at on the street and whispers about after—yet she alone tallies every bribe the town's respectable men never paid.

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Also known as old Daisy Fraser

First appearance: Daisy Fraser

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The town's outcast woman, whose epitaph exposes the double standards of a community that used her while condemning her.

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Daisy Fraser walks Spoon River's sidewalks through a gauntlet of nods, coughs, and 'there she goes,' her trade known to everyone and forgiven by no one. Yet her epitaph turns the town's moral ledger inside out: Editor Whedon, the Circuit Judge, Revs. Peet and Sibley all kept silent for money and gave nothing back, while Daisy—hauled before Justice Arnett—always paid her ten dollars and costs to the school fund. Her bitter arithmetic of hypocrisy gives the cemetery's early gossip its sharpest edge.

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Diverse Spoon River community
Tragic societal outcasts
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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Benjamin Pantier
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Spoon River Anthology
The town's outcast woman, whose epitaph exposes the double standards of a community that used her while condemning her.
Daisy Fraser
The speaker, a woman publicly scorned and fined for her actions, who points out the hypocrisy of the town's powerful men who evade accountability.
Sexsmith the Dentist
Mentioned as being driven out only when her property was needed by the canning works.
A. D. Blood
Haled before Justice Arnett by A. D. Blood during his crusade against sin.
Jim Brown
Daisy Fraser is not directly mentioned in this chapter.
Jeduthan Hawley
Jeduthan Hawley pairs himself with Daisy Fraser in death.
The Spooniad
Appears at the liberal meeting, throws gold and silver to the cause, and is nearly ejected from the hall.

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