Complex sentence: One character, Gaspare Pallavicino, aged twenty, is depicted as a misogynist who attacks women, but the others rush to their defense, affirming the equality of women to men in every respect.
Split into simpler sentences: One character, Gaspare Pallavicino, aged twenty, is depicted as a misogynist who attacks women. But the others rush to women's defense, affirming their equality to men in every respect.