Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Mattie Campbell - This person is one of the tenants of the boarding house in the play, who wants nothing more than to get married and have children. This character seeks out help from the conjurer to make a lover return, but after two children died in infancy, the lover believes this character is cursed. This character has a short-term relationship with one of the boarders who also leaves.

Molly Cunningham - This person is one of the tenants of the boardinghouse who desires nothing more than to be independent, and who ends...
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