El Burlador de Sevilla is the first work that introduced the character and story of Don Juan. With the cause of strife out of the way, everyone else ends up happily ever after.moreīecause I'm planning to read Handke's Don Juan as part of my Nobel prizewinner project (if I make it through the 763 pages of Die Bildverlust), I decided to do a mini-project on the most important earlier versions (the only one I had read previously was Molière's). But God is able to "take the wise in their own craftiness," and He does so before the play ends. Don Juan also thinks he's smarter than God and will get away with all the sins that he has committed because he is young, he has plenty of time to repent, and God is forgiving. Don Juan is the epitome of a man that thinks he is God's gift to women. He also created an archetype when he made Don Juan. I like how Molina combined tragedy, comedy, and morality plays all in one play. But God is able to "ta This is another I have read for my Renaissance drama class. This is another I have read for my Renaissance drama class. Don Juan just kept insisting that her husband didn't want her anymore, and that he was her husband now, and she actually fell for it. Keep in mind that she can fully see him and knows who her husband is. I kid you not, he tricks a woman, on her wedding day, that he is her husband. And he wasn't he wasn't the only annoying person in the book: the women he tricked were also very annoying and stupid. The man in question, Don Juan, was just a pure asshole who kept insulting women and tricking them with his friend, and it was so annoying and I just hated him from the first page on. Oh, how I hated this book because of that. The sole premise of this book was about a man who tricked women into sleeping with him. And it was because of the premise of this book. And he wasn't he wasn't the only annoying perso So, as you can see from my star rating, I didn't enjoy this one as much as Fuente Ovejuna. So, as you can see from my star rating, I didn't enjoy this one as much as Fuente Ovejuna.
It's difficult to pick up works like this one and drop the modern mindset with which we read things, but doing so can only enhance the understanding of the work.more I recommend the reading using supporting literary essays to help point out the important aspects as well as a brush up on the ideology and social expectations of the era it was written in. 'El Burlador' started so much and has influenced literature in ways that have been forgotten. It's difficult to pick up works like this one and drop the modern mindset with which we read things, but doing so can only enhanc A must-read for anyone wanting to claim any affinity in medieval or Spanish literature.
A must-read for anyone wanting to claim any affinity in medieval or Spanish literature.