Genre
Sensational romantic novel
Setting and Context
The novel is set in the early 17th century in the context of love.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Heartbreaking, hopeless, humorous
Protagonist and Antagonist
Glicera is the protagonist of the story.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that Glicera becomes the victim of circumstances when her father dies. For instance, she fails to get her inheritance which she was looking up to. Her hopes of good love and life vanish into thin air.
Climax
The climax comes when Glicera becomes a hopeless woman with no actual happenings. She expresses her frustrations by pretending she is in love with Melladore, but she intends to extort his finances to fulfil her lust for wealth.
Foreshadowing
His blind love towards her foreshadows Melladore's regrets after losing his money to Glicera.
Understatement
Love is understated in the text. The reader realizes that romance is not all about genuine love, but it can be faked for an individual’s interests.
Allusions
The story alludes to life frustrations when expectations are not met.
Imagery
The imagery of betrayal is evident throughout the book, which helps readers see how Glicera fakes her love for Melladore just to steal from him. The imagery also helps readers comprehend the frustrations that Glicera goes through after she realizes that her expectations could not be achieved.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Glicera expects a huge sum of inheritance after her father's death to enable her to lead a spoilt and luxurious life. Ironically, Glicera inherits nothing, and she is left frustrated.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between Melladore’s love for Glicera and her intentions in the relationship.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Wealth is personified as the only way a person can be happy.
