# Cesira — Poetry character guide

> Cesira in Poetry by Mina Loy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-italian-pictures

## Who they are

A female character, possibly a servant or acquaintance in Italy.

## Relationships

### [Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/characters/mary)

_friendship_

Cesira and Mary are companions, possibly sisters or close friends, with warm interactions.

## In the story

### [Italian Pictures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/italian-pictures)

Cesira is bewitched by her father, falls ill with phthisis, and dies after a journey to a magic tree.

### [Costa Magic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/costa-magic)

The daughter who is bewitched by her father, falls ill with phthisis, and dies after a ritual at a magic tree.

### [Giovanni Franchi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/giovanni-franchi)

The 'threewomen' composed of three instincts, who makes diurnal pilgrimage to the trattoria and obsesses over the number of Bapini's toes.

### [At the Door of the House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/at-the-door-of-the-house)

Implied as the woman whose fortune is being read, her eyes searching for a lost love-tale.

### [The Effectual Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/the-effectual-marriage)

Portrayed as Gina, the wife who busies herself in the kitchen, embodying the submissive and domestic role, yet yearning for more.

### [Crab-Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/crab-angel)

Implied as the dwarf performer described as 'Crab-Angel' in the circus scene.

## Links

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