lazy eye, unattractive (ginger, small nose, wish to swap individual elements of physicalty with other people’s) - EMBARRASSMENT

lots of talk about the sun

dad died when young and leaves fortune to family

father is also here and there, bought lots of properties (potential for different lives)

mother is sick and paranopid especially about children, untethered without husband, separation anxiety from children - obsession with betrayal

financial control given to malagna by mother - scolastica tries to get mother to remarry with good looking pomino

characters in general down to very names are caricatures and rely on their exaggeration for subversion of expectations and sudden glimpses into breaks in character/sympathies, reasons for their becoming caricatures - scolastica, malagna drooping and fat boccamazza, adrianno e adrianna, pinzone, oliva,

sons are careless and do not take charge, are allowed to continue lax lifestyle, continue without attempting to save fortune

lady malagna’s abstinence and irony of their relationship

mattia not a good person esp to women (forcing himself on oliva)

occasionally speaking in the voices of the characters (like indirekte Rede)

stealing romilda pescatore, lack of self-esteem, finding similarities/kindredness with other (beautiful) people

disgust, judging people by their appearance,

romance of eloping, romilda asks take me away

self-deprecation

circumstances of marriage, illusion