The Walls Do Not Fall Characters

The Walls Do Not Fall Character List

Love

Love is another recurrent character invoked by the poet and it is perceived as being almost a God. The author talks about Love as being the supreme power and praises it for its influence.

Good

Good is another quality mentioned in the poems and it is personified by the author. Good is described as being weak and almost absent in the poems, the author talking about its lack of power and influence in the people’s lives.

Evil

In comparison with Goodness, Evil is the character that thrives the most in the poems. Evil is described as being fat, prospering and being omnipotent in the lives of the people. the author mentions her hope that Evil will one day lose its power and that Goodness will thrive once more.

Jehova, Isis, Aset, Astarte

The four names appear in the second poem and are used to make reference to different deities coming from different religious confessions. The reason why the author mentions the names is because she wants to highlight the idea that during the war, no Gods could save the people or provide them with the protection they needed from the horrors of the war.

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