An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Important Characters

Peyton Farquhar - protagonist, a Southern planter, married with children. He is caught by the Union soldiers and hanged for his crime. While hanging above the bridge, he imagines what might happen if the rope broke and he was able to escape. It does not break, and he dies.

Mrs. Farquhar - fetches water for a passing soldier

Soldier - a Union spy who tricks Farquhar into trying to overtake a lone sentinel, which results in Farquhar being hanged



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