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Leonella is Elvira’s sister and Antonia’s aunt. She is an older woman who lacks self-awareness and tends to overshare, and her character serves as a source of comic relief in the novel. Leonella develops feelings for the cavalier Don Christoval when she meets him at one of Ambrosio’s sermons in Madrid, failing to grasp his lack of interest in her. She eventually marries a young apothecary whom she meets while traveling abroad.
Leonella Quotes in The Monk
The The Monk quotes below are all either spoken by Leonella or refer to Leonella. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
Quotes
‘’Tis a young creature,’ said she, ‘who is totally ignorant of the world. She has been brought up in an old castle in Murcia, with no other society than her mother’s, who, God help her! has no more sense, good soul, than is necessary to carry her soup to her mouth. […]’
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‘[…] In the whole course of his life he has never been known to transgress a single rule of his order; the smallest stain is not to be discovered upon his character; and he is reported to be so strict an observer of chastity, that he knows not in what consists the difference of man and woman. The common people therefore esteem him to be a saint.’
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Leonella Quotes in The Monk
The The Monk quotes below are all either spoken by Leonella or refer to Leonella. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
‘’Tis a young creature,’ said she, ‘who is totally ignorant of the world. She has been brought up in an old castle in Murcia, with no other society than her mother’s, who, God help her! has no more sense, good soul, than is necessary to carry her soup to her mouth. […]’
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
‘[…] In the whole course of his life he has never been known to transgress a single rule of his order; the smallest stain is not to be discovered upon his character; and he is reported to be so strict an observer of chastity, that he knows not in what consists the difference of man and woman. The common people therefore esteem him to be a saint.’
