Emilia Galotti (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- First Published: 1772
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Early eighteenth century
- Setting: Guastalla and Sabionetta, two mythical principalities in Italy
- Principal Characters: Emilia Galotti, Odoardo Galotti, Claudia Galotti, Hettore Gonzaga, Count Appiani, The Marquis Marinelli, The Countess Orsina
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Middle classes, Eighteenth century, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Italy or Italians, Nobility
- Locales: Italy
The Story:
Prince Hettore Gonzaga, once happily in love with and loved in return by Countess Orsina, had fallen in love with Emilia Galotti. She was the daughter of a soldier who resisted the conquest of Sabionetta by the prince, and she was betrothed to Count Appiani from the neighboring principality of Piedmont. This union of a nobleman and a beautiful, middle-class woman was the result of her mother’s studied plan.
The treacherous Marquis Marinelli proposed that the prince retire to his palace at Dosalo after sending Count Appiani on a mission to the Princess of...
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