Character Relationship Map: Parthenope

Characters

• Parthenope (played by Celeste Dalla Porta) — protagonist
• John Cheever (played by Gary Oldman) — supporting
• Devoto Marotta (played by Silvio Orlando) — supporting
• Sandrino (played by Dario Aita) — supporting
• Greta Cool (played by Luisa Ranieri) — supporting
• Roberto Criscuolo (played by Marlon Joubert) — minor
• Flora Malva (played by Isabella Ferrari) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Parthenope → Greta Cool (Professional Acting Connection)

  Flora Malva directs Parthenope to Greta Cool, an actress who shares Parthenope's Neapolitan origins.

• Parthenope → Devoto Marotta (Professional Student And Mentor)

  Parthenope attends Marotta's anthropology course, challenges him during an evaluation, and later asks him for dissertation advice.

• Parthenope → Roberto Criscuolo (Romantic Sexual Relationship)

  At Greta Cool's party, Parthenope meets Roberto Criscuolo, who takes her to a family ritual; she later becomes pregnant by him.

• Parthenope → Flora Malva (Professional Acting Student)

  Parthenope visits the elderly diva and acting teacher Flora Malva while trying to become an actress.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Parthenope → John Cheever (Social Literary Acquaintance)

  During the Capri episode, John Cheever notices Parthenope, who has read his work.

• Parthenope → Sandrino (Social Childhood Companion)

  Sandrino is present at Parthenope's birth as the housekeeper's son, and they later grow up together.

Story Analysis

A woman's passage through desire, grief, scholarship, and memory becomes an intimate portrait of Naples and the life shaped by it.

Plot Progression

1. A Daughter Named For Naples
2. Capri Beneath The Sun
3. Grief Searches For Meaning
4. Miracles And Departure
5. The City Remembered