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Annabella’s guardian and confidant, Puttana’s name literally means “whore” in Italian. Puttana helps Annabella keep her various suitors at a distance, but when she sees the love that Annabella feels for Giovanni, she does not judge them. She encourages Annabella’s sexuality. At the end of the play, she is judged harshly for her crimes. She is said to be complicit in their incest, and is gagged, blinded, and eventually burned to death. This cruel punishment reinforces the harsh violence against women and women’s sexuality in the play.
Puttana Quotes in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
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Act 1, Scene 2
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The rich magnifico that is below with your father, charge, Signor Donado his uncle, for that he means to make this his cousin a golden calf, thinks that you will be a right Israelite and fall down to him presently; but I hope I have tutored you better.
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Act 2, Scene 1
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Nay, what a paradise of joy have you passed under! Why, now I commend thee, charge. Fear nothing, sweetheart. What, though he be your brother? Your brother’s a man, I hope; and I say still, if a young wench feel the fit upon her, let her take anybody: father or brother, all is one.
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Puttana Quotes in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
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Act 1, Scene 2
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The rich magnifico that is below with your father, charge, Signor Donado his uncle, for that he means to make this his cousin a golden calf, thinks that you will be a right Israelite and fall down to him presently; but I hope I have tutored you better.
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Act 2, Scene 1
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Nay, what a paradise of joy have you passed under! Why, now I commend thee, charge. Fear nothing, sweetheart. What, though he be your brother? Your brother’s a man, I hope; and I say still, if a young wench feel the fit upon her, let her take anybody: father or brother, all is one.
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