The narrator of one work by this author notes that "brutish necessity wipes its hands on the napkin of a dirty cause." In that poem by this man, the "colonel of carrion" cries "Waste no compassion on these separate dead!" while the narrator asks "Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?" In a play by this author, one character remarks that to escape from life is the most dangerous crime of all. That play by this author centers on a charcoal burner named Makak who shares a jail cell with Tigre and Souris. Maud and Dennis Plunkett move to the islands to retire in another of his works, which sees characters like Hector, Achille, and Philoctete m
The narrator of one work by this author notes that "brutish necessity wipes its hands on the napkin of a dirty cause." In that poem by this man, the "colonel of carrion" cries "Waste no compassion on these separate dead!" while the narrator asks "Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?" In a play by this author, one character remarks that to escape from life is the most dangerous crime of all. That play by this author centers on a charcoal burner named Makak who shares a jail cell with Tigre and Souris. Maud and Dennis Plunkett move to the islands to retire in another of his works, which sees characters like Hector, Achille, and Philoctete mirror the events of ancient Greek epics. For 10 points, name this author of "A Far Cry from Africa," Dream on Monkey Mountain, and Omeros, a St. Lucian poet.
The narrator of one work by this author notes that "brutish necessity wipes its hands on the napkin of a dirty cause.
Derek Alton Walcott