The Tidings Brought to Mary (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Claudel
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Poetic
- Time of Work: The early years of the fifteenth century
- Setting: France
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Verse drama
- Subjects: Values, France or French people, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Fifteenth century, Leprosy
- Locales: France
Characters Discussed
Violaine Vercors (vyoh-LEHN vehr-KOHR), the eighteen-year-old daughter of Anne and Elisabeth, and Mara’s older sister. She is engaged to marry Jacques Hury, a farmer. In the prologue, she forgives Pierre de Craon, a mason who had attempted to rape her. He now suffers from leprosy. As he is about to leave their village for Rheims to build a church appropriately named Holy Justice, Violaine gives him her engagement ring as a contribution to the construction costs. She then kisses Pierre as a sign of her forgiveness. She thus becomes infected with leprosy,...
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