Dona Flor finds Dr. Teodoro's proposal suitable, and their courtship unfolds with decorum and propriety, a stark contrast to her earlier whirlwind romance with Vadinho. Their union is …

To Dona Flor’s friends and neighbors, the women of the neighborhood, Vadinho is a wastrel, a scoundrel, and, what to them is worse, a bad, unfaithful husband. The leader of this chorus of …

Dona Flor finds it necessary to bury desire, love, the things of the bed and of the heart when Vadinho dies, in order not to be tempted by that part of her that Vadinho so generously …

With Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is among the most widely read contemporary novels from Latin America; its wide appeal can be gauged by the fact that …

In Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands it is the Devil-God Exu who resuscitates the body of Vadinho and restores it to Dona Flor, to distract her from her second husband. "Exu," Amado tells us, …

SOURCE: "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands: A Tale of Sensuality, Sustenance, and Spirits," in Film and Literature: A Comparative Approach to Adaptation, Texas Tech University Press, …

At the center of Jorge Amado’s Dona Flor Has Two Husbands are two characters, Flor and the narrator, an omniscient observer. The story is set in Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia, …

Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos centers around a feudal relationship surrounding the Altamira Ranch and the two heirs who own it. Doña Bárbara is a main character in the story. She is the ...

In the tight-knit religious town of Orbajosa, Dona Perfecta is a wealthy widow who has grand designs concerning the marriage of her daughter, Rosario. In the effort to benefit from the …

Discussion of themes and motifs in Benito PérezGaldós's Doña Perfecta. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of Doña Perfecta so you can excel on your essay or test.