Dona Perfecta
Throughout Benito Perez Galdos’ novel, Dona Perfecta, Galdos uses his ability to draw his characters, in such detail, that he allows the audience to relate with his main characters, Don Jose “Pepe” Rey, Rosario, and Dona Perfecta. By the order of his father, Pepe Rey has left his home to visit the small town of Orbajosa where his aunt, Dona Perfecta, lives. Pepe Rey has recently graduated as an engineer. He is a man of the new generation, inspired by Darwin, German philosophy, and the miracles technology promises. He has little time and less inclination for the stoic, small-minded Catholic zealotry of his aunt and of Orbajosa in general. While in Orbajosa, Pepe Rey causes conflict within ...
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The usual technique of writing a novel is to create fluency in order to allow the reader to remain interested in the plot. Therefore, nothing disrupts flow more than excessive description, particularly at the beginning of a novel. Yet Galdos masterfully provides the reader with a sense of tangential exposition. Consider the stunning paragraph describing Rosario as an example of Galdo’s skillful writing. Galdos tells,
“Rosario was a girl of delicate and fragile appearance, that revealed a tendency to pensive melancholy. In her delicate and pure countenance there was something of the soft, pearly pallor which most novelists attribute to their heroines, and without which sentimental varnish it appears that no Enriquieta or Julia can be interesting. But what chiefly distinguished Rosario was that her face expressed so much sweetness and modesty that the absence of the perfections it lacked was not observed. This is not to say that she was plain; but, on the other hand, it is ...
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at first, the town of Orbajosa welcomes Pepe Rey. He is shown around, and introduced to the various inhabitants of the town. Dona Perfecta, having the reputation as being “perfect,” as her name suggests, loves the societal impact that her nephew is able to supply to her. However, this joy that Dona Perfecta experiences is short-lived due to brewing trouble. Due to his education, Pepe Rey clashes with one of Dona Perfecta’s first guests, Don Inocencio, the town canon. Both men are quite intelligent. However, Pepe Rey is rational and calculating, thus, he dislikes the sheep-like belief of Orbajosa's Catholic population. When Don Inocencio says, “...the brain, a place for breeding maggots” ...
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