A Escrava Isaura 9.5 · 9.5

The purpose is stated flatly: 'achal-a a sós' — to find her alone — and to renew his suit 'com mais força,' with more force, a phrase that slides from persuasion toward violence. 'Abominaveis pretenções,' his abominable designs, keeps the narrator's steady moral verdict on the elegant villain. The whole choreography of the household exists to engineer one thing: Isaura, undefended, in a room with no one else.

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