The Revenge of Bussy d’Ambois (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: George Chapman
- First Published: 1613
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: France or French people, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Paris, Brothers, Violence, Revenge, Sixteenth century, Stoics
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Clermont d’Ambois (klehr- MOH[N] dahm-BWAH), the brother of Bussy d’Ambois and his sworn avenger. He is the playwright’s ideal hero, brave, learned, and stoic, resolved to preserve inviolate “a good mind and a name” through whatever changes in fortune destiny brings him.
Charlotte, his intensely emotional sister, who spurs Clermont and her husband to avenge Bussy with the cold-blooded forcefulness of a Lady Macbeth.
Baligny (bah-leen-YEE), Charlotte’s husband, a time-serving courtier. He professes allegiance to Guise and virtue...
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