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Dupery

doped with laudanum, he is an unconscious accessory to the theft of the moonstone. [Br. Lit.: The Moon-stone in Magill I, 263]

Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky

town squires bamboozled by inspector-impostor. [Russ. Lit.: The Inspector General]

Buonafede

tricked into financing and approving daughters’ marriages. [Ger. Opera: Haydn, The World of the Moon, Westerman, 68–69]

Calandrino

duped by friends into believing heliotrope confers invisibility. [It. Lit.: Decameron, “Calandrino and the Heliotrope”]

Dapper

lawyer’s clerk; swindled into believing himself perfect gambler. [Br. Lit.: The Alchemist]

Drugger, Abel

cozened by rogues in hopes of future riches. [Br. Lit.: The Alchemist]

Fenella

mute beauty tricked, imprisoned, and abandoned by Alfonso. [Fr. Opera: Auber, Dumb Girl of Portici, Westerman, 163–164]

Iago

dupes Othello, Cassio, et al. [Br. Lit.: Othello]

Matthew, Master

“the town gull.” [Br. Lit.: Every Man in His Humour]

Pelleas

used by Ettarre; betrayed by Gawain. [Br. Lit.: Idylls of the King, “Pelleas and Ettarre”]

Roderigo

foppish dupe and tool of Iago. [Br. Lit.: Othello]

Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, Anton Antonovich

prefect kowtows to supposed inspector for good impression. [Russ. Lit.: The Inspector General]

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