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The Self-Deception of Julia in Byron's Don Juan

Abstract

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<p>Indeed, almost every character of Don Juan represents some form of self- deception. Julia and Inez are victims of deceit through perverted sexual love; Lambro and Suwarrow are examples of deception through a perverted love of country Adeline and Henry are symbols of the hypocrisy of a perverted society. Of all these characters, however, the self-deception of Julia receives the most compre­hensive and exhaustive treatment. The controlling purpose of this paper, there­fore, is to analyze the self-deception of Julia as a reflection of Byron's central thesis of deceit. I shall first study the psychology of Julia's rationalization and its relationship to the structure of the poem; I shall then analyze the sa­tiric techniques of Julia's self-deception.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Master's Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Humanities
Year
1964

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Constantino, M. Rosarie

Subjects

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Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1149

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Constantino, M. Rosarie. The Self-Deception of Julia in Byron's Don Juan. Master's Thesis thesis, 1964. https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/150