# Doña Clara — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> Doña Clara in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Clara, Madonna Clara

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Who they are

Isidora's mother, a pious and anxious woman concerned for her daughter's fate.

## Relationships

### [Father Jose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/father_jose)

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Doña Clara is a penitent under Father Jose's spiritual guidance, her confessions revealing the moral decay within her family.

## In the story

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xx)

Doña Clara participates in the discussion about Isidora's future, showing concern and support for her daughter taking the veil.

### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxii)

Summons Isidora to hear a letter from her husband, Don Fernan, regarding Isidora's recovery and return.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxiii)

Writes a letter to her husband detailing Isidora's supposed madness and her own religious orthodoxy.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxvii)

Wife of Walberg, anxious and prudent, she foresees potential disaster and urges independence for her children.

### [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Mentioned as Aliaga's wife, to whom he writes a letter explaining his delayed return due to business.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Anxious mother who discovers Isidora sleeping peacefully and fears supernatural causes, but is dismissed by Fra Jose.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxv)

Isidora's mother, who faints upon realizing the truth of Isidora's secret marriage.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Isidora's mother, who struggles between compassion and horror at her daughter's situation.

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