Who is Bellonas Bridesgroom?

In act I scene I we read about Ross, the bridesgroom of Bellona. We learn that he is a wealthy man that still lives with his mother. when the act begins he goes out to check onhis recently bought vineyard, but as he continues to so his mother begins to worry, and she starts to bumbard him with questions regarding his safety. When he chose a knife to take with him, his mother becomes angry due to her belief that her husband and son were murdered by so called "the blade of a knife."

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