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The hunter and the hunted
- December 29, 2018
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- Category: Behind the Scenes
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In the opening chapter of ‘Casanova in Paris’ each of the scenes revolves around either Casanova or The Southerner, two of the central protagonists of the story, although neither are present together in any particular scene. These juxtapositions set up an expectation on the part of the audience that the paths of the characters are -
The apothecary
- December 22, 2018
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- Category: Character Focus
The apothecary is a minor figure in ‘Casanova in Paris’ who appears only once in the novel. Nonetheless, she helps to highlight one of the grimmer realities of life for women in eighteenth-century Paris (and Europe) – the unwanted pregnancy. In a world where methods of contraceptive were unreliable to say the least, for many -
Casanova’s unwanted escape
- December 15, 2018
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- Category: Casanova
Casanova’s first great love was Bellino, a woman who had disguised herself as a castrato (a castrated opera singer with a unique singing voice that made them highly fashionable and capable of earning huge sums of money). He was nineteen at the time. They had decided to elope to Rimini when fate intervened. Casanova had
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