"Don Juan Canto-I" : Characters
"Don Juan Canto-I" is a notable literary work by Lord Byron. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of "Don Juan Canto-I".
Characters
Don Juan (Protagonist/Hero): The son of an easygoing father and a strict mother who is doted on by his parents. At the age of sixteen, he has an affair with Donna Julia.
Don José (Hero’s Father): Juan’s father, who is unfaithful to his wife and careless of his reputation.
Donna Inez (Hero’s Mother): Juan’s mother, a learned woman plagued by her husband’s infidelity. One of her chief interests is the education of her son.
The Narrator: A friend of Don Juan’s family. He is dismissed from the story in the first canto, and the omniscient author takes his place.
Donna Julia (Hero’s Girlfriend) The wife of Don Alfonso and a friend of Don Juan’s family. She is twenty-three and unhappily married.
Don Alfonso (Heroine’s Husband) The husband of Donna Julia. He is fifty and fails to give his wife the love she yearns for.
Antonia (Heroine’s Maidservant) Donna Julia’s maidservant who helps her in her intrigue with Don Juan.