Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard Character Analysis in Under Milk Wood

Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard runs the Bay House, Llareggub’s boarding house. She is obsessed with neatness, so much so that she hesitates to take in any guests, for fear that they’ll make too much of a mess. Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard is also obsessed with her health, and therefore detests the Spring air and eats only the plainest foods. She dreams about nagging the ghosts of her deceased husbands, Mr. Ogmore and Mr. Pritchard.

Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard Character Timeline in Under Milk Wood

The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard appears in Under Milk Wood. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

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First Voice redirects the listener’s attention toward the clean and immaculately dressed Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard , who is asleep in bed “under virtuous polar sheets” in her room at the... (full context)

First Voice redirects the listener’s attention to Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard , who dines on tea and “starchless bread.” Elsewhere, Mr. Waldo eats kippers, and Marry... (full context)

...Bay View and thinks that the mailman should watch his step, since every step at Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard ’s boarding house is slippery from her constant cleaning. (full context)

Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard opens the door of the Bay View and greets Willy Nilly, who hands her a... (full context)

...whistles to rat traps. Three women (First Woman, Second Woman, and Third Woman) talk about Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard ’s new man, who apparently studies birds through a telescope. They wryly observe that Mrs.... (full context)

...that echoes over Milk Wood, on which he bestows the title “The Rustle of Spring.” Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard blows her nose into a handkerchief and curses the sun, but she can do little... (full context)

...carries the listener’s attention back to town, where dusk has settled over the cobblestoned streets. Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard has already closed all her doors and blinds and retreated to her bedroom for the... (full context)