How Did Juan Manage to Flee from Julia’s Bed Chamber in “Don Juan Canto I”?
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How did Juan manage to flee from Julia’s bed chamber in “Don Juan Canto I”?
“Don Juan Canto I ” is a famous epic poem published in 1819 by Lord Byron (1788 – 1824). In the poem, Juan is a handsome boy. Julia is a 23-year-old young lady married wife of Alfonso (fifty years old). Because of unequal age, Alfonso is unable to fulfill Julia’s sexual desire. By this chance, Julia makes an illicit relationship with Juan.
Julius’ Sexual Relation with Juan: After making an illicit relationship, Julia has sex continuously with Juan. As Alfonso cannot satisfy Julie’s physical demands, she is compelled to surrender her body to Juan to get sexual pleasure. However, Julia sexes with Juan in hiding her husband, Alfonso. Alfonso Suspects his wife and investigates. And one day catches Juan and Julia having sex.
Searching Juan in Julia’s Bed Chamber: After sensing the presence of Juan in Julia’s room, Alfonso starts looking for Juan, but after many searches, he does not find Juan. But he finds a pair of shoes in Julia’s room and is convinced that Juan is in Julia’s room.
When, lo! he stumbled o’er a pair of shoes.
Joan’s Escape Attempt: When Alfonso realizes Juan is inside Julia’s room, he goes to get the gun. Meanwhile, Julia tells Juan to leave the house as quickly as possible. When Juan goes to leave the room after hearing Julia’s words, he is met by Alfonso at the door, and they start to fight.
The Confrontation Between Juan and Alfonso: When Juan tries to escape through the open door, Alfonso confronts him with an open sword. A conflict started between them. Juan throws Alfonso to the ground. Alfonso hits Juan with his pommel. Alfonso tries to unclothe his sword to attack Juan, but it quickly slips from his hand. They continued to fight hand in hand. At one point in the fight, Juan’s clothes fell off. Alfonso tries his best to hold on to Juan. But Juan escapes by hitting him hard on the nose. Alfonso’s nose began to bleed. Byron says,
Alfonso grappled to detain the foe,
And Juan throttled him to get away,
In conclusion, we can say that Juan is able to escape from Julia’s chamber due to his presence of intelligence, disguise, and physical strength.