The Bonds of Interest (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jacinto Benavente yMartínez
- First Published: 1908
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comic romance
- Time of Work: Early seventeenth century
- Setting: Italy
- Principal Characters: Leander, Crispin, Silvia Polichinelle, Signor Polichinelle, Dona Sirena, Columbine, Harlequin
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Seventeenth century, Hypocrisy, Italy or Italians, Debtors or creditors, Impostors or imposture, Harlequin or Commedia dell’arte, Vanity
- Locales: Italy
Critique:
This play was a product of the Nobel Prize winner in 1922 and one of the most important authors in the Spanish literary world of the twentieth century. In this particular work we find Benavente y Martínez playing the part of satirist, demonstrating the duality of man’s nature. He has attempted to reveal the mixture of good and evil in every man by showing that the human personality is a complex one, that generosity and friendliness mingle freely, but irreconcilably, with the sordid and base. In addition, Benavente y Martínez shows by means of the characters and...
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