Don Juan Tenorio (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: José Zorrilla y Moral
- First Published: 1844
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1545
- Setting: Seville, Spain
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sin or Original sin, God, Legends, Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Adventure, Sixteenth century, Circuses or carnivals, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Seville, Spain
Characters Discussed
Don Juan Tenorio (hwahn teh- NOH-ree-oh), a wild young gallant whose life is so devoted to vice that he wagers his friend Mejia that he can perform more evil deeds than Mejia in a year’s time. Don Juan wins the wager but in doing so he ravishes his fiancée, Inés, kills her father, ravishes Mejia’s fiancée, and kills Mejia. Inés dies of grief. Don Juan’s saddened father establishes a cemetery containing statues of his son’s victims. Years later, when Don Juan visits the cemetery, Inés’ statue pleads with him to repent. He hesitates, but her...
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