# Clarisse — Short Fiction character guide

> Clarisse in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Clarisse

**First appearance:** 0043-az-lie

## Who they are

A proud young woman who rejects a suitor.

## In the story

### [At the ’Cadian Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/at-the-cadian-ball)

Alcée's beautiful and cold cousin, who interrupts his flirtation with Calixta to summon him home, having earlier rejected his passionate declaration of love.

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