Oct 14, 2008

The Ring | Lovisa

Lovisa, who is called Lise by her husband, is the main character in Dinesen’s story. She is nineteen years old and has been blissfully married for only a week to Sigismund, whom she has planned to marry for ten years. She is from a family of greater rank and wealth than Sigismund’s, and her parents originally objected to him. Lovisa is girlish in many respects: she was still playing with dolls until fairly recently; the story of the thief reminds her of a fairytale character, ‘‘Red Ridinghood’s wolf’’; she has ‘‘never in her life been exposed to danger’’; and she plays...