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Joseph Blake is the kindly, elderly local doctor who regularly tends to the Mannon family. He is also a member of the chorus of townsfolk in the trilogy’s second play, The Hunted. Though Blake is loyal to the Mannons, frequently defending them against their neighbors’ gossip, he is perhaps actually too trusting, believing Christine’s story that Ezra died of angina (a heart condition) without investigating further.
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Doctor Joseph Blake Character Timeline in Mourning Becomes Electra
The timeline below shows where the character Doctor Joseph Blake appears in Mourning Becomes Electra. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Hunted: Act 1
...He is joined by his wife Emma, the local minister Everett Hills, and doctor Joseph Blake, the Mannons’ elderly, kindly family physician. Quietly, Emma gossips about Christine and Vinnie. Even though...
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Doctor Blake, feeling loyal to the Mannon family, rebuffs all of these questions. Instead, he offers that...
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The Hunted: Act 5
...the same moment, Seth arrives, having heard the gunshot. Vinnie instructs Seth to tell Doctor Blake that Christine killed herself in a fit of grief over Ezra’s death. Seth, knowing there...
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