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With Reference To At Least TWO Of The Following Plays, Discuss How

With Reference To At Least TWO Of The Following Plays, Discuss How With Reference To At Least TWO Of The Following Plays, Discuss How Conflict Is Established And (if â€" Essay Example > FarzeelaSpanish PlaysDec-6th- 2005Spanish Plays: English TranslationPedro Calderon de la Barca was one of the greatest Spanish playwrights of the Golden Age. Among his well-known dramas of the modern age are El medico de su honra (1635; The Surgeon of His Honor), La vida es sueno (1635; Life Is a Dream), El alcalde de Zalamea (1640; The Mayor of Zalamea), and La hija del aire (1653; The Daughter of the Air). He was a man who possessed his own religious, philosophical and methodological themes, which are reflected in his masterpiece. His work mainly portrays and revolves around three protagonists, out of which we are going to discuss and differentiate between one: Men and WomenClassesGod and ManTirso de Molina: El Burlador de Sevilla - The Trickster of Seville and the Stone GuestTirso, being a devout priest portrayed a character reflecting Satan and evidently realized that his Don Juan character was too supernatural in power and deftness to fulfill any role as a warning to the simp le mortals in the audience who might also enjoy tricking women. Tirso therefore reversed the ethical emphasis of his play to show a morally degenerate society-his society that ignores the fundamental issue of why such a creature could so successfully operate in its midst. The drama’s message is therefore directed to everyone in the audience to observe and learn a lesson from a simple theme that good ends up in a good result while bad always ends up worst. “As a man soweth, so shall he reap (‘quien tal hace que tal pague’)”. If the theatergoers see the social corruption on stage as a reflection of their own environment, then perhaps out of moral shame and self-respect they will try to remedy the situation and make their society one in which the Don Juan type cannot operate. This appears to be the fundamental moral lesson of the drama for it speaks to the whole of society and not just to a few isolated members. In the play of “The Trickster of Seville and the stone guest ” the conflict I would like to discuss is between Don Juan and God or between good and evil, which has started right from the day God created Adam and is till on its way. In this sense the conflict seems to be between man and Satan so it would be wrong to say that conflict between Satan and God has resolved. However in this play, Don Juan acts as an adversary of God tries to convict humans but still has presented himself a super natural power which more or less resembles the evil, as he is devilish in his nature so called “a man without a name, ” an elemental and biological force in nature who, through the use of darkness, self-effacement, and lies, deceives the unsuspecting female. He is clearly also the master of disguise, being able to impersonate the voice and body of others to such a degree that the female is totally unaware of the deception. The conflict in this play actually revolves around the character of Don Juan as a Satan who employs the same evil methodology in virtually every situation. He lies, uses the cover of darkness, and works on the moral weaknesses of others to achieve his own ends. He could not have seduced Isabela if she had not wanted to be seduced, as it is his perception that unless and until the person itself does not want, he is unable to serve him, the same perception which Satan possess.

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