ENIGMA OTILIEI

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However, they divorce in the end because Pascalopol decides it's better for Otilia to live a free life. Wicked Step Mother: Aglae is Costache's sister, but she plays this role toward Otilia, whom she sees as an intruder and a threat to her children's inheritance. Stanica meets Felix with Lili, startling Titi which is attracted by the girl, and unable to understand the female attraction towards doctor Sima (Felix).

Blatant Lies: Incredibly, almost everything that comes out of Stănică's mouth is a lie, designed to either make him look better or to extract money or benefits from others. She spreads malicious rumors about them, tries to tear at their self-esteem and tries to prevent Otilia from being adopted by Costache.Costache and Pascalopol are a necessity to her, they are those who have seen the world with its good and bad and, I suppose, she finds in them her guide in life. Pascalopol is jealous of the handsome and young Felix, whom he rightfully sees as a rival for Otilia's affections. But seeing as he starts being delirious, Aglae, helped by Stanica and Weissmann take him to a sanatorium.

When Costache is discouraged from doing that by a letter secretly written by Stănică, Pascalopol tries to get Costache to at least transfer money in a secret account for Otilia, offering to open up the account himself. for the simple motif than it propose only few admirable performances and the novel seems be a pretext for a gallery of characters. Her step-father loves her but is too stingy and easily manipulated to truly be able to provide for her financially, which leaves her dependent on the older, wealthier Pascalopol. She loves them very much, but she refuses to see their glaring inadequacies, and enables their self-destructive behavior. Georgeta had premarital sex, got pregnant and had an abortion, and her reputation was completely ruined.Asked by Aglae, Felix tutors Titi, that left on the second year, Aurica (Titi’s sister) getting a likeness for him. Costache has plans with Felix and Otilia, starting to gather construction materials for a house where the who will live after his death. Costache becomes more and more scared of death, Stanica being a cause of it, thanks to his constant stories about tragedies.