Don Carlos, Infante of Spain (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- First Published: 1787
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Spain
- Genres: Drama, History play, Tragedy
- Subjects: History, Parents and children, Love or romance, Marriage, Fear, Fathers, Inheritance or succession, Sixteenth century, Spain or Spanish people, Monarchy
- Locales: Spain
Characters Discussed
Don Carlos, the sensitive, twenty-three- year-old heir to the throne of Spain. His life is a constant battle with his father, with neither holding any love for the other. Resenting his father’s second marriage—Don Carlos had been in love with the bride, Elizabeth de Valois—the prince wants to leave Madrid. He hopes to free himself of the constant reminder of his continuing love for his father’s wife and, as heir to the throne, establish his stature as an emissary to Flanders. Despite the unstinting efforts of his close friend for Don Carlos’...
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