Poetry · Character

Bellanaine

A fairy princess from a comic narrative.

minor

Also known as fair Bellanaine, Miss Bellanaine, cursed Bellanaine

First appearance: i

Bellanaine shows up with force in Canto the XIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Referenced as the 'Princess' the Mule is glad to be free from.

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In Canto the XIII: Referenced as the 'Princess' the Mule is glad to be free from. Later, in The Cap and Bells: Princess of Imaus, brought…

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

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Canto the XIII
Referenced as the 'Princess' the Mule is glad to be free from.
The Cap and Bells
Princess of Imaus, brought weeping to marry Elfinan; she laments the match and dreams of another.
IV
Fair daughter of Pigmio, brought weeping as a bride.
Chapter VI
Addressed as 'Dear Princess' by Corallina, who warns her about Crafticant.
Chapter IX
Silenced but lamenting her forced marriage, she expresses disdain for lowland blood.
XII
Highland princess criticized in a calumnious article for giving way to a new-fangled vice.
XIII
Revealed to have loved a man before marriage and to have sought escape to Angle-land.
XLIX
Cursed by the speaker, but the Mago advises against thinking of her.
LII
Mentioned as the potential bride the highness refuses to marry.
LXI
Referred to as the Emperor's 'pigsney' and the object of the crowd's attention.
LXVIII
Bellanaine is the recipient of Elfinan's dramatic and ironic farewell.
LXXXIII
The fair Princess who bows from her winged chair and distributes jewels to the crowd.
LXXXIV
Bellanaine is shouted by the crowd as the procession moves toward the portico.

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