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Name: Emilia Galotti
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Author: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

📘 Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

"Emilia Galotti" is Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s celebrated tragedy of 1772, set in the invented Italian state of Guastalla. The play follows Colonel Odoardo Galotti’s daughter, Emilia, who is coveted by the despotic Prince of Guastalla. The prince, through his enigmatic chamberlain Marinelli, orchestrates a scheme to seize Emilia for his own purposes, which culminates in a violent attempt on her fiancé, Count Appiani, and the ultimate subjugation of Emilia to the prince’s will. When Odoardo learns of this, he confronts the prince and appeals for his daughter’s return. The prince, swayed by deceitful counsel, maintains his claim, and the affair ends in Emilia’s tragic death, underscoring themes of power, seduction, corruption, and the control of the individual's body.

First publish date: 1800

Genre: Drama & Plays/Tragedy

Authors: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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