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प्रश्न
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is a major character. He dominates in the story.
उत्तर
The character is the Sergeant.
He is a major character
- (Sergeant, who is older than the others, crosses the stage to right and looks down steps.)
He dominates the story
- Well, hurry on, you have plenty of other places to placard yet, and come back here than to me. You can take the lantern. Don‘t be too long now.
- Come back from those steps; no one has left to pass down them tonight.
- Stop that noise.
- It‘s no business of yours what I think.
- If you don‘t stop that, I‘ll arrest you.
- Bring it with you I tell you. No more talk.
- Be off the two of you, yourselves, and your lantern!
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