Jan 3, 2010

The Changeling | The Changeling

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Author: Thomas Middleton, William Rowley
First Published: 1653
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Tragedy
Time of Work: Early seventeenth century
Setting: Alicante, a seaport on the eastern coast of Spain
Genres: Drama, Tragedy
Subjects: Changelings or cuckoos, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Seventeenth century, Revenge, Fate or fatalism, Spain or Spanish people
Locales: Alicante, Spain

Characters Discussed

Beatrice-Joanna (beh-ah-TREES- hoh-AHN-yah), the beautiful daughter of Vermandero, a wealthy government official. Her sudden infatuation for Alsemero, a handsome Spaniard, precipitates her rapid moral degeneration, which culminates in the grotesque irony of her wedding night: She spends it with De Flores, a man whom she loathes, while her servant enjoys the husband for whom she entered on her career of deceit and murder. She proceeds boldly in her villainy and professes love she does not feel to procure De Flores’ help in the murder of her fiancé,...

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The Changeling | The Changeling

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