herald loomis had a knife at the end of the play.
herald loomis had a knife at the end of the play.
what weapon does herald loomis have at the end of the play?
a knife
"scene five"- in the final scene loomis and zonia leave the boardinghouse as it is saturday. bertha tells mattie that all she needs in life is love and laughing- which they all start to do. then martha pentecost [loomis] enters with selig looking for loomis and zonia. loomis reenters with zonia and he recounts the last decade of his life; his search for her and the heartache it has caused him. martha tells him that she has moved on with her life because she couldn't wait for him any longer. martha also reveals that she had bynum put a binding spell on her and zonia and that is why they have come to find each other. loomis goes into a rage and pulls out a knife. he denounces his christian background and slashes his chest. the stage directions read "having found his song, the song of self-sufficiency, fully resurrected, cleansed and given breath, free from any encumbrance other than the workings of his own heart and the bonds of the flesh, having accepted the responsibility for his own presence in the world, he is free to soar above the environs that weighed and pushed his spirit into terrifying contractions." he leaves and the play ends with bynum yelling "herald loomis, you shining! you shining like new money!"
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"herald loomis"- an odd man who dons an overcoat and hat in mid-august, loomis is 32 and a displaced man searching for his wife. he was forced to work for joe turner for seven years, which separated him from his wife and daughter. he works as a deacon for the abundant life church and at times was possessed by spiritual beings.









































"zonia loomis"- herald's daughter, zonia is described as a tall and skinny 11-year-old.









































"mattie campbell"- mattie is a 25-year-old woman who is disappointed with her position in life and is looking for love.
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