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Zenő Andaházy
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Andaházy's long-suffering wife in Csak tréfa who surrenders her jewels and wedding ring to her husband's debts, and in Act Three quietly takes Széphalminé's place in the masked room to expose the intrigue — the play's most dignified portrait of female endurance.
Reading notes
- Commodus §1.2 Zeno
Zeno of Citium (334–262 BC), the founder of Stoic philosophy; Lucilla's scornful reference to 'declaiming from Zeno' mocks Fadilla's Stoic-flavored moral arguments as outmoded.
- Only a Joke §1 Zenő
Andaházy's long-suffering wife in Csak tréfa who surrenders her jewels and wedding ring to her husband's debts, and in Act Three quietly takes Széphalminé's place in the masked room to expose the intrigue — the play's most dignified portrait of female endurance.