role of Nora in riders to the sea
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. M. Synge

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Nora is the younger daughter in the family; her role in the play is to be a voice for the church. At the beginning of the play, she tells her sister Cathleen what the young priest told her when they are trying to figure out if their brother Michael has been drowned. The priest says to tell their mother that Michael has "got a clean burial by the grace of God." Nora repeats the priest's words to her sister, who later repeats these words to her mother.
Nora is the younger daughter in the family; her role in the play is to be a voice for the church. At the beginning of the play, she tells her sister Cathleen what the young priest told her when they are trying to figure out if their brother Michael has been drowned.
A young girl, Nora assists her sister Cathleen in household tasks. She helps take care of their mother Maurya, even as she copes with all the deaths happening around them.
In Synge's Riders to the Sea, Nora's role, as the youngest and most naive daughter, is to be the voice of the Catholic church.
Nora. Show. Riders to the Sea. Gender. Female. Age Range. Young Adult, Adult. Role Size. Lead. Dancing. Non Dancer. Voice. Soprano.