Madame Butterfly: Renelle Lawrence

§ November 5th, 2008 § Filed under Madama Butterfly Discussion

I strongly dislilked the character of Pinkerton. Even though Cio-Cio San is a Geisha and is not the most innocent person, she still had feelings. Pinkerton disregarded her emotions and used her for his own benefits. He completely abandoned her after marrying her and he even had her convert to Christianity. Her parents disowned her and she was left with nothing but a fatherless child. Cio-Cio San may have been a little naive in her thinking but in her defense she really could not have known his true intentions. Pinkerton was a horrible man for doing what he did to her. Especially when he came back he completly ignored her. I think he was repsonsible for Cio-Cio San’s suicide more than anyone else.