Maria Magdalena (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Friedrich Hebbel
- First Published: 1844
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Germany
- Genres: Realism, Domestic realism, Drama
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Literature, Reality, Tragedy, Weddings, Germany or German people, Evil
- Locales: Germany
Characters Discussed
Clara, a young girl who, to prove her love, gives herself physically to the man she loves. She is crushed when he does not want to marry her and seizes as his excuse the fact that Clara’s brother has been accused of theft. Feeling that her pregnancy and its disgrace may drive her father to suicide, Clara thinks of killing herself. The arrival of an old suitor who still wants to marry her only puts off the action for a time. Clara drowns herself in the household well.
Leonard, Clara’s lover and fiancé. He is a selfish, calculating young man. As a...
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