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Paolo Salina
Bendicò is the Prince’s faithful, beloved Great Dane; the Prince sometimes appears to be fonder of the dog’s company than of his family’s. After Bendicò dies, he is made into a rug. Concetta keeps the rug for most of her life but ultimately throws it away in a fit of disillusionment.
Bendicò Quotes in The Leopard
The The Leopard quotes below are all either spoken by Bendicò or refer to Bendicò. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8. Relics Quotes
As the carcass was dragged off, the glass eyes stared at her with the humble reproach of things that are thrown away, that are being annulled. A few minutes later what remained of Bendicò was flung into a corner of the courtyard visited every day by the dustman. During the flight down from the window his form recomposed itself for an instant; in the air one could have seen dancing a quadruped with long whiskers, and its right foreleg seemed to be raised in imprecation. Then all found peace in a heap of livid dust.
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Out of all the family mementos Concetta has kept, Bendicò (her father’s beloved dog, preserved as a rug) is the only one she doesn’t hate. But after Concetta finds out that her life has been based on a lie (she wasn’t actually wronged by Tancredi and her father but thwarted her own happiness through pride), she can’t stand the memory of Bendicò anymore. She thus orders him to be thrown away. The discarding of Bendicò represents the final abandonment of the Salina legacy. As the Prince believed, a noble family’s legacy lies in the memory of its traditions. Now that Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a
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Bendicò Character Timeline in The Leopard
The timeline below shows where the character Bendicò appears in The Leopard. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Prince
The Prince follows his excitable Great Dane, Bendicò, into the enclosed garden. The garden has a muted, dreamy atmosphere and a pungent aroma....
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A few minutes later, the Prince escapes into his garden with Bendicò. He can’t help worrying what will become of the often despised monarchy, yet he knows...
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Chapter 8. Relics
...ragged rug on the floor, if one looks closely, is actually the stuffed remains of Bendicò, who died 45 years ago. The servants have been begging her to throw it out,...
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...conveying Tassoni’s greetings. Still feeling blank, Concetta summons her maid. The smelly, moth-eaten remains of Bendicò are bothering her as never before; she tells the maid to get rid of the...
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