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Giulietta
Giulietta Giulietta is the original Juliet — not Shakespeare's English version but da Porto's Italian girl from Verona, and through her all the subsequent versions in every language and art form that have made this the archetypal tragic lover's name. The diminutive -etta turns the Roman Julian lineage's imperial grandeur into an intimate endearment, perfectly suited to the young girl whose absolute sincerity in love makes the scale of the tragedy proportionate. A character named Giulietta is likely to experience love with an intensity that overwhelms all other considerations.
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Giulietta e Romeo — Luigi da Porto
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The Venetian courtesan in Offenbach's opera who steals Hoffmann's mirror reflection on behalf of the devil Dapertutto, representing the destructive power of sensual obsession.
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