person
Philippa
Johanna's lady-in-waiting and cynical mentor; a fictional composite of the corrupt female courtiers who fuel Johanna's estrangement from Endre. Her philosophy of pleasure versus duty, and her eventual murder by Gillet, mark her as the drama's most morally ambiguous minor figure.
Reading notes
- Andrew of Naples §1 Philippa
Johanna's lady-in-waiting and cynical mentor; a fictional composite of the corrupt female courtiers who fuel Johanna's estrangement from Endre. Her philosophy of pleasure versus duty, and her eventual murder by Gillet, mark her as the drama's most morally ambiguous minor figure.