Greene’s Groats-Worth of Witte Bought with a Million of Repentance (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Greene
- First Published: 1592
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Late sixteenth century
- Setting: A fictional city resembling London
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: England or English people, London, Sixteenth century, Drama or dramatists, Shakespeare, William, or Shakespearean plays, Badgers
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Roberto, the author’s persona, a “scholar” educated at university. He is the son of a miserly father who takes great umbrage at his son’s superior airs and disapproval of his profitable usury. His father, about to die, announces that he has willed everything to his younger son, Lucanio. Distraught, Roberto plots revenge. After his father’s death, he sets up a meeting between Lucanio and a prostitute named Lamilia, knowing that his inexperienced brother will prove easy prey for her confidence schemes. She, however, turns on Roberto, rejecting his...
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