One figure in this work is known as "Indignation" and is especially indignant about the way his daughter Minerva was treated.  Another figure in it, Zenas, had his life change
One figure in this work is known as "Indignation" and is especially indignant about the way his daughter Minerva was treated.  Another figure in it, Zenas, had his life changed after he read Dr. Weese's advertisement, which led him to realize that he would die young.  It ends with an epilogue in which Yogarindra, Loki, and Beezlebub create men from earth after Beezlebub plays a game of checkers with God. It also contains a mock epic that tells of the fight between liberals like Carl Hamblin and conservatives like Christian Dallman. Sexsmith the Dentist believes that "a moral truth is a hollow tooth / Which must be propped with gold," while other parts describe Mayor A. D. Blood and Thomas Rhodes. Opening with a verse about "Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley," who are sleeping on "the hill," FTP, name this collection of dramatic monologues by Edgar Lee Masters.
One figure in this work is known as "Indignation" and is especially indignant about the way his daughter Minerva was treated.  
Spoon River Anthology