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A tragic end
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17. A tragic end
Cio-Cio-San agrees to give up her child on condition that Pinkerton comes in person to fetch him. She gives her son an American flag to wave as his father arrives, blindfolds him, and bids him farewell. She plunges the knife into her chest, kisses her son, and dies. Photo: ENO/ Clive Barda
