Favilla Character Analysis

The daughter of a poor man from Somersetshire. Orlando dates Favilla, as he calls her “in his sonnets,” early in the novel, and she is yet another example of Orlando’s taste for “low company.” Orlando stops seeing Favilla, however, after she beats a dog for ripping her stocking. Orlando is “a passionate lover of animals,” and when he sees Favilla treat a dog so badly, he suddenly notices how crooked her teeth are, which, Orlando says, “is a sure sign of a perverse and cruel disposition in woman.”