4.2 The Rising of the Moon-Character
4.2 The Rising of the Moon Character Sketch - The Man - The second important character in this one- act play. He has many identities like the man, escaped prisoner, ragged man , poor ballad singer and freedom fighter. He entered as a poor ballad singer but in fact he was an escaped prisoner. He introduced himself to the Sergeant as a poor ballad singer, disguised as a ragged man, dark hair, dark eyes smooth face and five feet five height. He was an intelligent man with a patriotic passion for his country Ireland. He was a brave freedom fighter and wanted to save his country from Britishers. He accepted many challenges for his own country. Many times he gave the clues to the Sergeant for his original identity but the Sergeant couldn't identify it. He changed the approach of Sergeant continuously by singing ballads in front of him. At the end of his efforts, he successfully brings out the patriotism within the Sergeant and gets successful to run away from this place. Sergeant - T...