Really, Doesn't Crime Pay Characters & Character Analysis

Really, Doesn't Crime Pay Characters

Myrna: Really, Doesn't Crime Pay

A black woman in her 30s who lives in the South. Myrna is unemployed and married to Ruel Johnson. Myrna wants to be a writer but her husband does not allow her to write; still, she writes in secret for over 20 years, but hides her work. Myrna does not write full stories anymore, only outlines of her stories, because she is a coward and feels she has a heart of a slave. Myrna resents the way Ruel treats her and her writing. She is drawn to Mordecai because he is a writer. When Mordecai finds out that Myrna is a writer and tells her how good her writing is, she is flattered. Myrna allows herself to be seduced-not out of love but out of gratitude that he accepts and appreciates her for her writing. Myrna is thankful for being seen as an intelligent author with more to offer than...
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