ENG 510 Chapter 1-5: 1. The Castle of Otranto
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Characters prophecy; obsessed with having an heir a nun; feels connected somehow to alfonso the good; Manfred: prince of otranto; loves his son, hates his daughter; fears the. Matilda: manfred and hippolita(cid:495)s daughter; princess of otranto; wishes to be. Conrad: son of manfred and hippolita; (cid:498)homely sickly, and of no promising disposition(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:891)(cid:524); meant to marry princess )sabella; killed by magical helmet. Isabella: marquis of vincenza(cid:495)s daughter; engaged to marry conrad; good. Hippolita: wife of manfred; sterile after having one daughter and son (only that falls from the sky friends with matilda one heir); very much in love with and loyal to manfred; of the heart. Theodore: a young peasant from a neighbouring village whose courage and. Alfonso the good: a black marble statue of a former prince of otranto in the church of st. nicholas; presumably, his missing helmet is the one that crushes.
