# Giacobbe Dejas — After the Divorce character guide > Giacobbe Dejas in After the Divorce by Grazia Deledda. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Dejas **First appearance:** 0002-part-i-i ## Snapshot A sardonic landowner who mocks his cousin Brontu's obsession with Giovanna while quietly steering the village's opinion against her. ## Who they are Giacobbe moves through Orlei as a man of property and cutting talk, the one Brontu confides in and the one who laughs loudest at him. He urges Brontu to marry a fresh young girl instead of a divorced woman, and later joins the friends who abandon the Eras' house in disgust. His mockery and his shifting loyalties make him a barometer of the village's moral weather — and a quiet antagonist to Costantino's attempts to reclaim his name. ## Relationships ### [Brontu Dejas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/brontu_dejas) _family_ Brontu and Giacobbe are brothers, with a complex relationship marked by rivalry and family duty. ### [Isidoro Pane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/isidoro_pane) _friendship_ Giacobbe and Isidoro share a bond of mutual respect and camaraderie. ### [Aunt Bachissia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/aunt_bachissia) _social_ Aunt Bachissia and Giacobbe are acquaintances, with Bachissia viewing him as a decent but distant figure. ### [Costantino Ledda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/costantino_ledda) _rivalry_ Costantino and Giacobbe are rivals, often clashing over land, honor, and Giovanna. ### [Giovanna Era](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/giovanna_era) _social_ Giacobbe and Giovanna have a strained acquaintance due to his brother Brontu's obsession with her. ### [Priest Elias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/priest_elias) _social_ Giacobbe and Priest Elias have a respectful acquaintance, with Elias offering spiritual guidance. ### [Brontu Dejas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/brontu_dejas) _family_ Brontu and Giacobbe are brothers, with a complex relationship marked by rivalry and family duty. ### [Isidoro Pane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/isidoro_pane) _friendship_ Giacobbe and Isidoro share a bond of mutual respect and camaraderie. ### [Aunt Bachissia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/aunt_bachissia) _social_ Aunt Bachissia and Giacobbe are acquaintances, with Bachissia viewing him as a decent but distant figure. ### [Giovanna Era](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/giovanna_era) _social_ Giacobbe and Giovanna have a strained acquaintance due to his brother Brontu's obsession with her. ### [Costantino Ledda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/costantino_ledda) _rivalry_ Costantino and Giacobbe are rivals, often clashing over land, honor, and Giovanna. ### [Isidoro Pane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/isidoro_pane) _friendship_ Giacobbe and Isidoro share a bond of mutual respect and camaraderie. ## In the story ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-i-iv) Mocks Brontu's plan but is secretly astonished; feels a chill when Isidoro Pane commands him to keep Brontu quiet. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-i-v) Meets Aunt Bachissia after Mass and reveals Brontu's drunken declaration that he would marry Giovanna if she divorced. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-i-vi) Hired himself out to his rich relatives, as mentioned in Giovanna's letter. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-i-vii) Renews his contract with Aunt Martina, detesting her miserliness. He actively works to prevent Brontu's marriage to Giovanna, seeking Isidoro Pane's help and warning Giovanna about Aunt Martina. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-i-viii) Referred to as the King of Spades (Burrai); the ex-marshal who taunts and manipulates Costantino, but also serves as his only confidant. ### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-ii-x) Visits Isidoro Pane, angrily dismisses the idea of a miracle and threatens to choke Bachissia Era. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-ii-xi) Mentioned as having declared that Costantino would kill Giovanna if he returned. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-ii-xii) Giacobbe is drunk and provocative, laughing at the family's strife. He later reflects bitterly on his hatred for the Dejas family and his conflicted pity for Giovanna, and is expelled from the house after confronting Aunt Bachissia. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii) Bitten by a tarantula; undergoes a superstitious exorcism ritual; is feverish and terrified. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv) Lies ill with fever from a tarantula bite, tormented by guilt and nightmares of hell. Insists on confessing his murder of Costantino Ledda to Priest Elias, the magistrate, and Brontu Dejas. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/chapters/part-ii-xv) Mentioned as dead; Isidoro reveals he confessed to the murder, a key piece of news for Costantino. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters/giacobbe_dejas - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_the_divorce_se/characters