Synopsis of La Traviata

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La Traviata is a tale of "love, sacrifice and death" (Buckley 1). In the play a wealthy young man named Alfredo falls for a courtesan who is afflicted with consumption, Violetta. They spend some happy months in the realm before Alfredo's father convinces Violetta to abandon Alfredo to prevent him and his sister from disgrace. Violetta returns to her ageing centerings and is confronted and embarrassed by the angry Alfredo, unaware of his father's machinations.

lastly Alfredo's father, Giorgio Germont, relents but when Alfredo returns to Violetta she is mortally ill and dies in his arms in

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