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Donna Julia

A married Sevillian noblewoman whose affair with a boy half her age ignites the scandal that sends Juan out of Spain.

supporting

Also known as Julia, the Donna Julia

First appearance: Canto I

As a supporting figure in Don Juan, Donna Julia is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A married woman of Moorish origin, introduced as a beautiful acquaintance of Donna Inez, who will become involved with Juan.
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Donna Julia is unhappily wed to an older man and finds in the adolescent Juan a passion that flatters her intelligence as much as her vanity. Her letter to him after the discovery is one of the poem's sharpest pieces of…

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Character Web

11 connections

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DJDon JuanDADon AlfonsoANAntoniaDJDon JoséLALady Adeline A…DJDonna Julia

Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Other

Character groups

  • Seville domestic intrigue
  • Protagonist
  • Spanish love triangle
  • Minor characters and mentors
  • English society figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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