Dogs
Man's best friend plays a huge role in Disgrace, particularly after David moves to the country. On a surface level, they become characters in the novel. Some of the dogs that Lucy cares for in her...
Byron
George Gordon, Lord Byron, was one of the most important poets of the Romantic Era, and is still one of the most widely-studied Romantic poets today. He was also one of the most controversial and f...
Teresa
Teresa shows up in Disgrace as one of Coetzee's many historical and literary references, which is totally reasonable since she was the mistress of one of the poets that David both researches and te...
Allegra
Allegra was the illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont. The real Allegra died at the age of five of malaria, and it is reputed that Byron felt guilty about having neglected her du...