Characters in the story clay by James Joyce?

The Protagonist is a woman named Maria who works at a charity. She is a"veritable peacemaker", a small gentle woman with a clean reputation. her life is empty of conflicts or hardships. She consumes her life and thoughts with trivia matter of tiddiness, of the plum cake she forgets to take to Joe's. These trivia matters cause her extreme internal frustration and assist Maria in avoiding the greater pains of life which she does not dare tempt.