![]() He offers money, but demands that he never be identified as the father. But after losing interest in her immediately following the attack, Števa has got engaged to the mayor’s daughter, Karolka, instead. Trying to resolve the situation, the Kostelnička attempts to persuade Števa to marry Jenůfa. Jenůfa has given birth in secret, hidden away by the Kostelnička. In a rage, he slashes Jenůfa’s cheek with his knife. Laca of all people, our would-be hero, our underdog. When Jenůfa consistently defends Števa, it is Laca who suddenly snaps. Meanwhile, Laca – forever languishing in ‘runt of the litter’/’not one of us’ status – nurses an apparently genuine, but seemingly unrequited, love for Jenůfa. Ignorant of the pregnancy, and warned off Jenůfa by the Kostelnička until he can sober up, he dodges any show of commitment. Števa might represent security, but is in fact a philandering boozer. In the midst of a stiflingly religious community, she must try to marry Števa quickly, before the baby begins to show. ![]() Jenůfa loves Števa, and is having his child. It’s worth mapping these relationships out as they help explain the intense, claustrophobic passions the characters suffer. So, she is Jenůfa’s stepmother and, essentially, all that remains of that generation of the family. Following the death of her mother, he married the woman we know as the Kostelnička (the churchwarden). His first marriage produced Jenůfa (making her cousin to the half-brothers).
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