Eva Tyne: A Character Analysis

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Eva Tyne is a young, Irish violinist living in New York City. She is a talented and committed musician whose career seems to be kicking off. However, she soon finds herself in a hospital after collapsing in her solo debut with the New Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra. When discharged from the hospital; instead of returning home to her boyfriend, Kryštof, she slumbers at her best friend, Valentina’s, apartment. She subsequently meets a good-looking Latin American man named Daniel in the bar of a hotel and they spend the night together. Shortly after, she meets a dubious -looking Russian immigrant Alexander who offers to sell her a Stradivari violin. He suggests that she goes to his house to see it. She sceptically agrees, and though intoxicated,

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