And whispering I will ne er consent consented This shows how she struggles with her desires but eventually gives in Julia is not a simple bad woman She is trapped in a boring marriage with Don Alfonso an older man she does not love Her feelings for Juan are a mix of real passion and loneliness Byron shows her as a person with desires and emotions not just a villain Scandal and Critique Donna Julia s affair with Don Juan leads to a scandal When her husband Don Alfonso suspects her infidelity he storms into her bedroom with a group of men to catch her lover However they fail to find Juan at first because he is hiding under the bedclothes But later Don Alfonso discovers a pair of men s shoes and Juan is forced to flee naked into the night After this incident Donna Julia is sent to a convent as punishment This harsh ending shows how women in Byron s time were punished more than men for the same mistakes Through Julia Byron questions unfair double standards He showed how society is strict for women and flexible for men