The honesty of Veronica’s letter is powerful. And because you’re her mother, if she should become a prostitute, you’d become her go-between and deserve the harshest punishment, while her error wouldn’t perhaps be entirely inexcusable because it would have been caused by your wrongdoing.”įranco warns the mother that if her daughter becomes a courtesan, she will also be burdened with the guilt and promiscuity of her daughter. “ Although it’s mainly a question of your daughter’s well-being, I’m talking about you, as well, for her ruin cannot be separated from yours. In a letter to a friend, Franco tries to convince a mother that by influencing her daughter to be a courtesan would not only be a burden on the girl, but her mother as well: Franco knew the reputation of her occupation and the damage it took on the lives of women. Veronica Franco did not solely focus on her role of a courtesan in her writings, but also included fair warning to a mother in Venice of her desire to make her daughter a courtesan.
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