Street Scene Characters & Character Analysis

Street Scene Characters

Daniel Buchanan

Daniel Buchanan is a tenant in the apartment building. He is a nervous expectant father whose wife is in labor. Buchanan has Rose call the doctor and his wife's sister for him. In the morning at the beginning of act 2, he is the semi-proud father of a new baby girl.

Harry Easter

Harry Easter is the office manager who is Rose Maurrant's boss. Despite the fact that he is married, Easter is enamoured with his employee. He wants to be involved with her. Easter offers to get Rose her own apartment and start her on a new career as a stage actress. Rose turns him down, but Easter is persistent. In the morning, at the beginning of act 2, Easter shows up again, offering Rose a ride to the funeral. Again, she refuses him. At the beginning of act 3, Easter shows up at the tenement and wants to take...
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