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Willa Mae is a young, pretty Black woman who took care of Lyle Britten’s ailing father. Lyle became sexually infatuated with her and raped her. Subsequently, according to Lyle, they began a consensual affair. When Willa Mae’s older husband confronted Lyle about the affair, Lyle murdered him and then claimed it was self-defense. Afterward, Willa Mae left town.
Willa Mae Quotes in Blues for Mister Charlie
The Blues for Mister Charlie quotes below are all either spoken by Willa Mae or refer to Willa Mae . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Ken: How much does your wife charge?
Meridian: Now you got it. You really got it now. That’s them. Keep walking, Arthur. Keep walking!
Tom: You get your ass off these streets from around here, boy, or we going to do us some cutting—we’re going to cut that big, black thing off of you, you hear?
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Willa Mae Quotes in Blues for Mister Charlie
The Blues for Mister Charlie quotes below are all either spoken by Willa Mae or refer to Willa Mae . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1
Quotes
Ken: How much does your wife charge?
Meridian: Now you got it. You really got it now. That’s them. Keep walking, Arthur. Keep walking!
Tom: You get your ass off these streets from around here, boy, or we going to do us some cutting—we’re going to cut that big, black thing off of you, you hear?
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