person
Etelke Széphalmi
Széphalminé
also: Széphalminé, Etelke Széphalmi, the widow
The wealthy widow who is the play's principal antagonist: she controls Jenő, manoeuvres Andaházy, dangles Herédy on a string, and orchestrates Lorán's political destruction; her social brilliance is the play's sharpest portrait of power exercised through charm.
Reading notes
- Only a Joke §2 Széphalminé
The wealthy widow who is the play's principal antagonist: she controls Jenő, manoeuvres Andaházy, dangles Herédy on a string, and orchestrates Lorán's political destruction; her social brilliance is the play's sharpest portrait of power exercised through charm.