The Spanish Friar (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dryden
- First Published: 1681
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Fifteenth century
- Setting: Aragon, Spain
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Women, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fifteenth century, Catholics or Catholic Church, Middle Ages, Priests, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Spain, Aragon, Spain
Characters Discussed
Torrismond (TOHR-ihs-muhnd), the reputed son of Raymond but actually the son of the deposed King Sancho of Aragon. This gallant young warrior has just saved the kingdom from the Moors. Returning, he valiantly declares his love for Queen Leonora in the presence of his rival, Bertran, the duke who has been defeated three times by the Moors but who is betrothed to the queen. Torrismond, true to the dictates of his conscience, weds the queen without knowing that there is a plot to murder the imprisoned King Sancho. Turning first toward, then away from, his...
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