In Lord Byron's "Don Juan", the author speaks of a man who is forced to leave Spain due to complications related to an ilicit relationship he'd developed with a married woman. Don Juan flees to the Mediterranean and gets involved with another woman whose father ends up selling him off as a slave.
<u>Byron sends his character to all sorts of exotic locations that highly contrast Britan's living conditions and weather</u>. The author paints a picture that presents British people as cold and devoid of passion , which he attributes in big part to northern regions' climate. As he puts it: "In sad reality, / Their chastity in these unhappy climes / Is not a thing of that astringent quality / Which in the North prevents precocious crimes".
Closer to the beginning of the poem, Byron establishes a connection between Don Juan's more open and vivid sexuality, and the climate conditions of southern regions. <u>He's essentially contrasting British folks' prudish tendencies with southern's openness due to the effects of weather and climate.</u>
