RUGGIERO AND RODOMONTE

RUGGIERO AND RODOMONTE

Irene Maestri and Clara Petrò

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ORLANDO FURIOSO

Orlando furioso is a chivalric poem by Ludovico Ariosto published for the first time in 1516 in Ferrara. The poem, composed of 46 cantos in octaves, revolves around the character of Orlando, to whom the title is dedicated, and many other characters.

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The love story focuses instead on the beautiful Angelica who is fleeing from numerous suitors, including the paladin Orlando.

DIFFERENT STORIES

A fundamental characteristic of the work is the continuous intertwining of the stories of the different characters, which constitute multiple narrative threads. The plot is summarized in relation to three main events:

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First of all the epic line of the war between Muslims and Christians, which forms the backdrop to the entire narrative and ends with the victory of the latter.

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the vicissitudes that lead to the realization of love between Ruggiero and Bradamante.

RUGGIERO AND BRADAMANTE

Ruggiero is a Saracen warrior, Bradamante is a Christian warrior. The wizard Atlas will try to separate them with magic, but the two young people get lost and meet. Atlas is unable to save Ruggiero from his destiny: he converts and in the last canto marries Bradamante. From their union the d'Este family originated.

THE DUEL

While the wedding banquet of Ruggiero and Bradamante is taking place, finally married after the victorious end of the war between the paladins of Charlemagne and the Moors of King Agramante, the pagan Rodomonte suddenly bursts in, fully armed and determined to take revenge on Ruggiero whom he accuses of having betrayed his faith by converting to Christianity and offering his services to the emperor's forces. All the paladins are ready to face the ferocious Saracen warrior, but Ruggiero takes it upon himself and challenges Rodomonte in a duel to the death, which ends with the Saracen's death and his immediate fall into hell. The duel represents the end of the poem and pays due honor to the character of Ruggiero, who became the protagonist of the last cantos despite Orlando who had now recovered his sanity.

Ruggiero and Rodomonte