Mr. Purkapile is like his Spoon River neighbor in a sense that they both felt trapped in their marriage. Evidence of this is shown when Mr. Purkapile says, "I never had a chance to escape", which means that there was no way out of the marriage for him. Mrs. McGee on the other hand was trapped by her husbands manipulative ways.
Mr. Morrison offers to get a job around town in order to help the family since Mary lost her job as a teacher at the Great Faith Elementary School. How did Mr. Morrison plan
