Short Fiction · Character
Angiolillo
A condemned man who sets a geranium on the sill before stepping into the storm, leaving behind a daughter whose slow ruin becomes the story's true sentence.
major
First appearance: The Heart of Angiolillo
As a major figure in Short Fiction, Angiolillo is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The executed anarchist whose torture and death haunt Effie's imagination; his story is exploited by Effie's partner for social capital.
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Angiolillo moves through the story as a figure of historical weight and intimate tenderness, measuring the room one last time before he plunges to the kind, hard stone below. What survives him is the child, locked in a…
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- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because the narrator reaches an emotional and psychological peak of anguis…
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- Effie
psychological · negative
Angiolillo's repeated interactions with Effie, though few, imply a manipulative or… How this plays out →
- Effie
psychological · negative
Angiolillo's repeated interactions with Effie, though few, imply a manipulative or… How this plays out →
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