The character in question is the alcoholic choirmaster, Simon Stimson, who took his own life in his attic by hanging himself.
Mr Stimson is a troubled character and in Act III of his play, gives a speech where he says that humans merely exist in ignorance and are led by blindness and their own self-centred passion.
A; identify the central ideas of the text. B; form an opinion about the text. C; list every detail that appears in the text. D; compare the text with other texts.