PLEASE GIVE THE CHARACTER SKETCH OF ASSUNTA.
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Assunta is introduced to the readers in the middle of the story. When Salvatore is coping with his romantic disillusionment, his mother tells him about a young woman named Assunta. She is twenty-four or twenty-five and has been engaged to a man who died an unfortunate death while doing his military service in Africa. Initially, Salvatore finds her as ugly as the 'devil'. Assunta is a practical woman and knows her needs and desires accurately. She has fallen in love with Salvatore on seeing him at the feste. Salvatore takes time to contemplate about the matter agrees to marry her finally. She has saved some money of her own and offers to buy him a boat of his own. They can also take a vineyard, which at the moment, is Without a tenant. Finally, they get married and settle in a tiny white—Washed house. Both Salvatore and Assunta are simple, uncomplicated individuals. We must praise Assunta for her sincere love for Salvatore which is not influenced by any material pleasure or physical strength. Their marriage proves to be a successful one. With the passage of time, Assunta becomes a grim-visaged female with decided features. She looks old for her years. However, she is blessed with a generous heart and a certain wisdom. She has recognized the intrinsic goodness in her husband. She loathes the girl whom Salvatore loved because of her inconsiderate nature. The girl has failed to see his nobility and is ‘gentle sweetness’. Assunta has not seen his physical inability to be a hindrance and has always supported her husband through thick and thin.