Tuesday, December 16

The King Stag contd

Meanwhile the hunt is on... Having entered Deramo's body Tartaglia orders all hunting party to find a stag with white mark(one Deramo entered in)and kill it.An old man is questioned by Deramo about the whereabouts of the stag with a white mark. Old man has not seen any such stag. On hearing this Deramo kills the old man and goes looking for the stag with the hunting party. The white stag(Deramo in stag's body) comes to where old man's corpse lay and enters the old man's body. Then he meets Angela, who initially does not believe him. But a gut feeling tells her that the old man is Deramo. She learns of the whole treacherous plot of Tartaglia, and waits for her opportunity. Tartaglia sees her alone and is overcome with desire. Taking advantage of his weakness Angela makes him release her brother and father, whom Tartaglia has locked up in the meanwhile. She demands many things off Tartaglia. Tartaglia's patience dries and he tries to take Angela by force. Just then, the old man in Deramo's body fights Tartaglia. But Tartaglia is too strong and so overcomes the old man. Just as he is about to kill the old man, Durandarte appears from thin air. He then makes Deramo and Tartaglia exchange bodies thus giving Deramo his own. But Tartaglia's body is no more in picture. he gets the old srivelled body of the old man. He is taught a lesson. But Clarissa his daughter comes and says comforting words to him. So before he dies, Tartaglia realises that above all justice there is love that redeems. End of the plot

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