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Question
The description of the character is given below. Identify the character from the play. Find some sentences which support your choice.
He is the centre of the play.
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Solution
The character is the ballad- singer/prisoner/man.
He is the centre of the play
- Man: You needn‘t ask who I am; that placard will tell you.
Sergeant: You are the man I am looking for.
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