Don Giovanni: Oh, come now, clown, oh, come now, clown, don't bother me.
Leporello: No, no, master, no, no, master! I don't want to stay!
D.G.: Listen to me, friend--
Lep.: I want to go, I tell you!
D.G.: What have I done to you, that you want to leave me?
Lep.: Oh nothing at all, you almost murdered me.
D.G.: Don't be crazy, don't be crazy, crazy, crazy, it was in fun.
Lep.: And I'm not joking, and I'm not joking, joking, joking, but I want to go!
I think that Leporello is a very interesting character. He is there throughout the opera with Don Giovanni as he commits all of his evil acts, and aides him along the way. What blame does he face, and what blame should he face? Does the fact that he no longer wants to help Don Giovanni anymore save him at all?
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