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Jerry Devine

Jerry Devine - an ex of Mary鈥檚 - is described as 鈥渁 type, becoming very common now in the Labour Movement, of a mind knowing enough to make the mass of his associates, who know less, a power, and too little to broaden that power for the benefit of all".

While he belongs to the trade union movement - and is behind the principled strike that Mary is taking part in - his desire for change and equality is found lacking when he rejects Mary because she is pregnant with Charlie Bentham鈥檚 child.

O鈥機asey seems to use him to show the nature of , while also critiquing the true principles of the socialist movement.

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