Short Fiction · Character
Juliet
A Genoese heiress affianced beside a deathbed, whose bridegroom returns from dissolute Paris a beggar in jewels, armed against the world with bravado and a Spanish jennet.
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First appearance: a tale of the passions
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Guido's betrothed, whose love and purity anchor his redemption.
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Juliet was promised to Guido at his father's deathbed, with Torella standing as a second parent, and she waits in Genoa while her betrothed squanders his inheritance in Paris. He sends her a matchless Spanish jennet…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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