Caro, Chapter 28 and Afterword

Mar 08, 2008 09:06

Here it is. The big finale. The very last chapter of Caro. Whew! What a ride it's been. I don't know about you, but I've had a great time posting this ( Read more... )

fic, caro, slash, shakespeare

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pargoletta March 8 2008, 22:48:29 UTC
Thank you! And thank you for sticking with the story. I've enjoyed every one of your comments and the discussions we've had.

It did seem only fitting to me that the boys should end their days still looking after each other. They've been through so much, and they've all taken their turns at being the looker-after-er and the looked-after. Valentine is about fifty-five here, probably a widower himself, given how short women's lifespans tended to be. Throughout his entire life, I think that Mercutio and Benvolio were two of his closest companions, and this is the last grace that he can give them.

I think even though it's a story from Benvolio's perspective that it's really more about Mercutio in so many ways.

You're right. It did turn out like that. I had tried to keep the focus as much on both of them as possible, but Mercutio's story does tend to dominate. I think that's because Benvolio adds his own focus to Mercutio's story. The reader looks where Benvolio is looking.

(but what about Eliezer and Sarah????)

Eliezer served as the foundling home's physician for seven or eight years before he died. His son Ephraim then took over for him. Sarah married a nice Jewish boy and had children.

The fortunes of the Jews in Italy varied with each new Pope. Some Popes were rabidly anti-Semitic, while others were more tolerant. Of course, not everyone obeyed Papal orders, especially as far away from Rome as Verona was. I imagine that, in the world of Caro the royal family of Verona probably tended to look after the interests of Verona's Jews in general and the Moreno family in particular during unfriendly papacies, at least for a couple of generations, in remembrance of Eliezer's services.

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