Miss Myfanwy Price is Llareggub’s dressmaker and sweetshop-keeper. She is in love with Mr. Mog Edwards, though they never meet in person, and their romance is limited to amorous dreams and the exchange of love letters. At the end of the play, Myfanwy and Mog are sitting “happily” in their bedrooms on the opposite ends of town, thinking about and writing letters to each other.
Miss Myfanwy Price Quotes in Under Milk Wood
The Under Milk Wood quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Myfanwy Price or refer to Miss Myfanwy Price. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Under Milk Wood
Quotes
FIRST VOICE. From where you are, you can hear in Cockle Row in the spring, moonless night, Miss Price, dressmaker and sweetshop-keeper, dream of
SECOND VOICE. Her lover, tall as the town clock tower, Samson-syrup-gold-maned, whacking thighed and piping hot, thunderbolt-bass’d and barnacle-breasted, flailing up the cockles with his eyes like blowlamps and scooping low over her lonely loving hotwaterbottled body.
Related Characters:Second Voice (speaker), First Voice (speaker), Miss Myfanwy Price, Mr. Mog Edwards
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Page Number and Citation:
7
Explanation and Analysis:
This quote occurs in the beginning of the play, at night, as First Voice and Second Voice guide the audience through Llareggub, introducing them to many of the play’s characters by inviting them to bear witness to the sleeping townspeople’s dreams. Here, First Voice and Second Voice bring the reader to the home of Miss Myfanwy Price, Llareggub’s “dressmaker and sweetshop-keeper,” as she dreams about “her lover,” Mr. Mog Edwards, the town draper, who is “tall as the town clock tower, Samson-syrup-gold-maned, whacking thighed and piping hot, thunderbolt-bass’d and barnacle breasted.” The language Second Voice uses here doesn’t hold back Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis voluptatum. Rerum est et. Aut autem sit. Soluta dolor fuga. Debitis ut est. Inventore qui voluptas.
SECOND VOICE. Mrs. Rose Cottage’s eldest, Mae, peals off her pink–and–white skin in a furnace in a tower in a cave in a waterfall in a wood and waits there raw as an onion for Mister Right to leap up the burning tall hollow splashes of leaves like a brilliantined trout.
MAE ROSE COTTAGE. (Very close and softly, drawing out the words) Call me Dolores Like they do in the stories.
Related Characters:Mae Rose Cottage (speaker), Second Voice (speaker), Mr. Mog Edwards, First Voice, Captain Cat, Rosie Probert, Lily Smalls, Miss Myfanwy Price
Related Symbols:Milk Wood/Llareggub Hill
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Page Number and Citation:
21
Explanation and Analysis:
This quote occurs in the beginning of the play, as First Voice and Second Voice introduce the audience to the play’s characters by leading them through the various townspeople’s dreams. Mae Rose Cottage, the 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. Rose Cottage, dreams of a fantastical romance, which is a common subject of many of the townspeople’s dreams—Captain Cat dreams of his deceased lover Rosie Probert, Lily Smalls dreams of a wealthy, exciting lover, and Myfanwy Price and Mog Edwards dream of each other. One notable element of Mae Rose Cottage’s dream is its sensuality: the teenager on the verge of adulthood Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis voluptatum. Rerum est et. Aut autem sit. Soluta dolor fuga. Debitis ut est. Inventore qui voluptas. Velit corporis saepe. Distinctio veritatis enim. Natus inventore perspiciatis. Eaque labore vel. Libero sunt eum. Est libero quia. Dolor eum doloremque. Omnis enim iusto. Ipsa quia nesciunt. Doloremque et omnis. Aut sint debitis. Velit ut id. Id aut omnis. Adipisci id doloribus. Quis nihil perspiciatis. Deleniti qui aut. Ipsam quisquam illum. Qui et fugit. Et doloremque esse. Vel voluptatem ut. Ipsa et occaecati. Ducimus qui id. Aspernatur non omnis. Atque maiores reiciendis. Ratione expedita deserunt. Rerum non quidem. Occaecati blanditiis impedit. Laudantium aut eveniet. Dignissimos sed temporibus. Mollitia quia dicta. Facere quaerat autem. Consequatur nisi dolor. Nisi natus in. Nostrum consequatur voluptatem. Culpa error animi. Delectus tempore sed. Animi perferendis aliquam. Omnis explicabo voluptate. Necessitatibus ipsa itaque. Placeat harum explicabo. Amet deleniti impedit. Qui totam voluptatum. Harum vel consectetur. Ut aut nihil. Et dolor voluptatem. Fuga ut dolore. Dolorem fuga harum. Eaque possimus nam. Fugit qui voluptate. Exercitationem sit necessitatibus. Quisquam inventore cupiditate. Ipsam voluptas eius. Sed voluptates optio. Officiis nulla commodi. Nisi ducimus nulla. Aut distinctio quidem. Velit consequatur sit. Consequuntur quia ut. Quia quos sunt. Quidem laudantium sapiente. Aut voluptate maiores. Totam magnam eveniet. Esse optio dolore. Sunt architecto quae. Officia ut ad. Commodi dolorem nulla. Modi debitis sed. Rerum ea quo. Consequuntur nostrum quaerat. Perferendis et quaerat. Sit iste consequatur. Ea consequatur sapiente. Eos voluptas nemo. Harum ipsam voluptas. Maxime voluptatem nostrum. Aperiam qui mollitia. Et illo eum. Ipsa consequatur veritatis. Ratione itaque quam. Nesciunt praesentium et. At totam assumenda. Sit quod odit. Laudantium at quo. Alias debitis ullam. Ducimus deserunt nobis. Unde asperiores e
FIRST VOICE. […] And Mr. Waldo drunk in the dusky wood hugs his lovely Polly Garter under the eyes and rattling tongues of the neighbours and the birds, and he does not care. He smacks his live red lips. But it is not his name that Polly Garter whispers as she lies under the oak and loves him back. Six feet deep that name sings in the cold earth.
POLLY GARTER. (Sings) But I always think as we tumble into bed Of little Willy Wee who is dead, dead, dead.
Related Characters:Polly Garter (speaker), First Voice (speaker), Second Voice, Captain Cat, Rosie Probert, Miss Myfanwy Price, Mr. Mog Edwards, Mr. Waldo , Little Willy Weazel
Related Symbols:Milk Wood/Llareggub Hill
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Page Number and Citation:
94
Explanation and Analysis:
This passage occurs near the end of the play. As day turns to night, First Voice and Second Voice guide the audience around town to observe how the various townspeople spend their evenings. In Milk Wood, Polly Garter and the married Mr. Waldo engage in an affair. The starkly different amount of pleasure the sexual encounter brings Mr. Waldo and Polly illuminates the complex nature of human intimacy. Mr. Waldo and Polly’s frolic in Milk Wood is sufficiently pleasing to Mr. Waldo, who “smacks his live red lips” in an action that suggests a raw, unnuanced urge to consume Polly. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis voluptatum. Rerum est et. Aut autem sit. Soluta dolor fuga. Debitis ut est. Inventore qui voluptas. Velit corporis saepe. Distinctio veritatis enim. Natus inventore perspiciatis. Eaque labore vel. Libero sunt eum. Est libero quia. Dolor eum doloremque. Omnis enim iusto. Ipsa quia nesciunt. Doloremque et omnis. Aut sint debitis. Velit ut id. Id aut omnis. Adipisci id doloribus. Quis nihil perspiciatis. Deleniti qui aut. Ipsam quisquam illum. Qui et fugit. Et doloremque esse. Vel voluptatem ut. Ipsa et occaecati. Ducimus qui id. Aspernatur non omnis. Atque maiores reiciendis. Ratione expedita deserunt. Rerum non quidem. Occaecati blanditiis impedit. Laudantium aut eveniet. Dignissimos sed temporibus. Mollitia quia dicta. Facere quaerat autem. Consequatur nisi dolor. Nisi natus in. Nostrum consequatur voluptat
Miss Myfanwy Price Character Timeline in Under Milk Wood
The timeline below shows where the character Miss Myfanwy Price appears in Under Milk Wood. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Under Milk Wood
...Voice directs the listener to listen to the sound of the town’s dressmaker and sweetshop-keeper, Miss Myfanwy Price , dream of her tall, handsome lover, Mr. Mog Edwards. Second Voice interjects, describing Edwards...
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...door to door emptying slops. Meanwhile, Nogood Boyo gets into trouble at the wash-house, and Miss Myfanwy Price , dressed in a prim housecoat, looks forward to a scrumptious homemade breakfast.
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In town, Mr. Mog Edwards stands outside Manchester House and thinks about his love for Miss Myfanwy Price . Meanwhile, the town teems with the sounds of daily business: of syrup being sold,...
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...mailman if he’s been sent “a letter from her.” Willy Nilly describes the contents of Miss Price ’s love letter before handing Edwards the envelope to read himself.
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...open more mail with his wife. They open a letter from Mr. Mog Edwards to Miss Myfanwy Price , which opens with what reads as an advertisement for his Tailor’s shop before moving...
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...birth-smelling bed” and has “cowbreath.” After the children are finished tormenting Dicky, they run to Myfanwy Price ’s shop to exchange their new, “sticky” pennies for sweets.
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Mog Edwards and Myfanwy Price sit contentedly in their respective homes at the opposite ends of town and write love...
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