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['The comparison of the works showed that Linhart’s tragedy and the work of Marie Jeanne Riccoboni have a common name in the title, namely Miss Jenny, who is also the protagonist of both works. Similarities in other names occur as well: both mothers are named Sara; in Linhart’s work Jenny is in love with Edvard and in Histoire de Miss Jenny, Edouard is Jenny’s father. In both works, the protagonists passionately and unnaturally stock men (Lord Danby and Lord Harington); the women do not wish to be with the men, which is why strong male emotions constantly cause evil. Despite that, the French writer’s Jenny first succumbs to the passion of Lord Danby and marries him, but when she notices that the wedding was bogus, she wishes to sever all ties with him. Linhart’s Miss Jenny’s father saves Miss Jenny from Lord Harrington even before he entices her by murdering him. Linhart’s tragedy is full of blood and violence; Lord Harrington wishes to murder Jenny’s lover Edvard, but the murder goes awry; her father has also murdered in the past. In the story of Madame Riccoboni the lust for blood is not that obvious, however, it is still marked by murders; Lord Danby mortally wounds Lord Arundel who wanted to marry Jenny, and Jenny’s father lost his life in a battle. The setting of Linhart’s tragedy is Scotland, and that of Madame Riccoboni’s is England, although her characters mention Scotland many times as well. HERA_TestTB2015']
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