The Trickster of Seville (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gabriel Téllez
- First Published: 1630
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Naples, Italy, and Seville, Spain
- Genres: Drama, Comedia
- Subjects: Love or romance, Supernatural, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Seventeenth century, Upper classes, Drama or dramatists, Italy or Italians, Spain or Spanish people, Nobility
- Locales: Spain, Italy, Naples, Italy, Seville, Spain
Characters Discussed
Don Juan Tenorio (WAHN teh- NOH-ree-oh), the protagonist, the typical depiction of the legendary Don Juan figure, whose main mission in life is to seduce as many women as possible. He achieves this end through trickery and sweet talk. In Naples, he steals into Isabela’s room under cover of darkness, disguised as Duke Octavio, her lover. When Isabela calls for light after their sexual encounter, his true identity is revealed. He is immediately arrested, only to be permitted to escape through the connivance of his uncle, Don Pedro Tenorio, the Spanish...
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