Felix’s landlady when he moves to the rural cottage. A brusque but discreet woman, she protects Felix’s privacy and provides him with electricity and wood for his stove in exchange for punctual rent payments. At the end of the novel, she and her family suddenly abandon the area, just as Felix is thinking about moving out of the cottage. Felix often compares her to one of the elemental spirits in The Tempest, who exist only so long as the protagonist, Prospero, needs them.
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Maude Character Timeline in Hag-Seed
The timeline below shows where the character Maude appears in Hag-Seed. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5. Poor Full Cell
...ill and wants to rent it, her demeanor changes immediately. The woman, whose name is Maude, invites him to sit at the kitchen table, telling him how her husband Bert can...
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Felix and Maude agree that he can live in the shanty and improve it as he sees fit,...
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Chapter 6. Abysm of Time
...of possibility; he feels that more things are possible to F. Duke than Felix Phillips. Maude, Bert, and their children Walter and Crystal know him only by this assumed name.
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Sometimes Felix amuses himself by imagining Maude as Sycorax, the witch from The Tempest, and Walter as her son Caliban. However, the...
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Epilogue: Set Me Free
...possessions he has in his cottage. After his electricity went out recently, he’s found that Maude and her family have deserted their farmhouse; now, except for a stack of bills, it’s...
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