The Borough (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: George Crabbe
- First Published: 1810
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Setting: A seaside community
- Genres: Poetry, Epistolary literature
- Subjects: Poverty or poor people, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Sea or seafaring life, Beaches or seashores, Romanticism, Fishing or fishermen, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Peter Grimes, the best-known character, largely because of the opera Peter Grimes (1945), written by Benjamin Britten Evil-tempered and willful, the young Grimes first defies and then abuses his kindly father, a fisherman. Although he repents briefly after his father’s death, Grimes is soon his old self, drinking for amusement and fishing and stealing to support himself. A sadist by nature, Grimes takes a poor boy as an apprentice. For his own pleasure, Grimes beats him, starves him, and eventually causes his death. After two other boys in...
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