Roxy Character Analysis in The Sculptor’s Funeral

Roxy is the Merrick’s servant that Mrs. Merrick abuses in the kitchen during the funeral. As she is one of the only characters displaying genuine emotion over Harvey’s death, Steavens feels most comfortable standing next to the person he probably has the least in common with in the room. Her gentle, maternal description exists in stark contrast to Mrs. Merrick’s dramatic, overbearing one.

Roxy Character Timeline in The Sculptor’s Funeral

The timeline below shows where the character Roxy appears in The Sculptor’s Funeral. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...a violent commotion coming from the kitchen. Mrs. Merrick is brutally beating the family’s servant, Roxy (the “mulatto woman”), for forgetting to make dressing for the chicken salad. To Steavens’s visible... (full context)