Lope de Vega was born November 25, 1562. He died on August 27, 1635 he was 72. Nicknamed “The Phoenix of Wits” and “Master of Nature” because of the volume of his work. Lope renewed the Spanish theatre at a time it started to become a mass cultural phenomenon. He was a Spanish play right, poet, novelist, and marine. His reputation in the Spanish world is the second to that of Cervantes. The volume of his output is unequalled making him most prolific author in the history of literature.
Some of Lope plays were called Madness in Valencia, The Steel of Madrid, and The Widow from Valencia. Lope de Vega became identified as a play right with drama of Spain’s Golden Age. He had claimed to have written 20 sheets a day throughout his life. His first
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Lope stated that plays about el honor pleased playgoers. At that time in Spain custom required women to guard the family honor according to a complex set of rules. On stage honor was presented as something to be cherished as life itself. Most of the upper classes claimed exclusive possession of honor but Lope ascribed it to the common man. In 1614 Lope became a priest. However he contributed to carry on his affairs with the actress Lucia de Salcedo. Most of Lopes work revolve around the conflicting claims of love and …show more content…
By then a tyrannous feudal lord is murdered by villagers who refuse to confess and are eventually spared by intervention of the king. For several years Lope de Vega divided his life between his two families and several lovers. He worked very hard to keep them all happy, during that time he wrote a lot of plays and poems to make money. They were published several times without him knowing or correcting them. At age 38 he finally he was finally able to go over his work and correct them. In 1605 he started to work for the Duke of Sessa until he joined the oratory in Olivar Street in 1610.
Lope went through a deep crisis after the death of some close relatives. He turned more and more into priesthood. However the works he wrote during this time have a deep meaning and inspiration. His favorite son Carlos Felix died in 1612 from a fever. Then Juana de Gardo one of his lovers died a year later in childbirth. All of these tragedies affected Lope and in 1612 he decided to be ordained as priest. Priesthood didn’t stop Lope from his advances or the Duke of Sessa fearful of losing his secretary provided him with women
...o Spain a bitter old man and retired in an estate near Seville where he later died on December 2nd 1547.
Once named the friendliest city in the world, Puerto Vallarta in my eyes continues to carry that reputation. The people who live there are what make this place so special; it is my most desired place to travel to. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico sits along the coast of Banderas Bay in the Pacific Ocean. Along with having exotic scenery, they are known for having an exceptional variety of food. With the dark frigid winter creeping up on us, my head wanders to memories of missed friends and 90 degree temperatures.
...he climax of his own story. Both men underwent changes, even though Meursault’s changes were far less noticeable. Both men failed to understand the possible ways their actions could be construed until it was too late, resulting in the Czechoslovakian man dead and Meursault in prison, and later, executed. Meursault’s story is that of The Stranger, and the Czechoslovakian man’s story ends with the same fate, as once he returns to his small village, he is a stranger to all, even to his mother and sister. These two men were foils, yet similar in striking ways. The Czechoslovakian man lived out his dream, and his life ended due to the misdemeanor of trickery, while Meursault lived a dull, emotionless life, and his life ended due to the felony of murder.
Attempting to describe honor and how it was understood in colonial Latin America we must first know how it is understood today. Thereby giving us a point of reference and judgment. According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (m-w.com), honor is defined as "good name or public esteem"; "reputation"; "a person of superior standing". Honor in colonial Latin America was viewed much like today yet threats and reactions to threats have changed over time.
Giovanni de Verrazzano was the first European to sight the New York Harbor, Narragansett Bay, and Block Island. He sailed to America with four ships in 1524. He died do to cannibalistic natives.
Mr. Lozano’s bid to solve the later murder of Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, a top PRI
Throughout the history of literature, love has always played a large role in plot because it is a feeling that is universally shared by all humans and has been throughout human history. Spanish culture specifically, tends to be a culture more associated with romance and love than others. It is no surprise that because of this high importance placed on love and romance in Spanish culture that many Spanish authors and playwrights incorporate some form of love into all of their works. Lope De Vega was no exception and was one of the most famous playwrights of his time during the Spanish Golden Age. Something that makes Lope’s plays, specifically some of his unpublished ones such as Fuenteovejuna and Punishment Without Revenge so interesting is not the presence of perfect, harmonious love but rather of corrupt and distorted love within the characters’ relationships in his plays. By writing plays involving imperfect love, Lope comments on the culture around love and marriage of his time and even criticizes it, something Spanish audiences during this time were not ready to handle, which is the reason why some of these plays were never published until recently.
Lope de Vega was an incredible and rebellious writer for the Golden Age time period. In this period of peace, prosperity, and overall well-being, many people of Spain found his writing techniques to be revolutionary. Contrary to the typical rules of playwriting, aspects of his plays included numerous plot lines, time gaps, and the use of more than one setting. Fuenteovejuna is a great example of the newly recognized tragicomedy genre during the Golden Age of Spain. Lope de Vega presented current events throughout his works displaying his personal opinions and components of his own life that made him a revolutionary writer. His work inspired other writers to step outside the social norms of writing and produce other revolutionary pieces throughout history.
One reason why Lupe is so determined is because she is hardworking. She is hardworking because one day after school Lupe left her homework in her backpack and practiced for three hours straight, taking the time to eat a candy bar for energy. She is also hardworking because she decides to do strengthen her wrists by doing twenty push-ups on her fingertips five at a time. “One, two, three …” Even though she
In Lope de Vega’s play Fuente Ovejuna he focuses on honor. One way he concentrates on honor is through Laurencia and through her speech. She is a peasant-women and the daughter of Esteban, the magistrate. Honor is discussed in numerous ways in this text. Vega uses characters with different viewpoints on honor and whom they should be honoring to show his readers how he feels about honor. Laurencia takes honor very seriously. Laurenica has pride in herself and how she should be treated as a woman and a daughter. Laurenica believes honor is something people should have, use and value no matter their gender or socioeconomic status.
Honor is a trait few possess in the modern world. Cyrano de Bergerac, a play by Edmond Rostand set in France during the sixteen hundreds, discusses honor in it’s truest form. But honor is not simply a code or a way to describe a man, there are characteristics that make a honorable individual. The main character, Cyrano, lives what many in his city would call an honorable life. Rostand uses this character to explore what characteristics make a man of honor. Some of the prominent traits the author presents as honorable are possessing controlled wit, bravery on and off the battlefield, and the ability to love unceasingly.
Luis could not resist being influenced by many girls since his absolute weakness was due to feminine power. However, he lost his trust in many girls since many of his previous girlfriends were untrustworthy because they used their bodies materialistically to gain reputation and money. Due to this, he gained a different perspective of girls after having his heart broken several times from infidelity. He transformed emotionally, intellectually, and sexually, due to the encounterance of psychological and physiological life events. It is very difficult for any person to suppress this betrayal, so he turned to drugs and alcohol. In the following quote Rodriguez demonstrates that he tried to reach out to God for help,“God I wanted that light, this whore of a sun to blind me, to entice me to burn-to be sculptured marble in craftier hand” (pg. 105). There was a point in Rodriguez 's life where he felt the light at the end of the tunnel after overdosing on toxic, addictive drugs. His near-death experience from narcotizing himself to an extreme was one of the causes which made him change his perspective of the world at a faster
Honour went hand in hand with how reputable a family was considered to be within the community. There were two types of honour; “honor” which symbolized the honour brought to an individual by their family or their birth right, and “honra” which represented ones virtue in the sense of morality and piety or their saintliness. Honour killings would occasionally be performed (most often by men) on women who took lovers behind their husband’s backs. To restore his honour, the husband would be legally allowed to kill both his wife and her lover. Women would also resort to violent tendencies if anyone threatened their families’ honour and reputation. High class woman were known to protect both their own honour and the households by filing lawsuits and beating other women they saw as treats, making women more likely than men to act out in defence. In the “Scandal at the Church” case, Mr. de Alfaro indirectly refers to his wife’s and his family’s honour multiple times as his wife was attacked in the daylight crowds after mass. With so many people present to witness his wife’s beating and Mrs. Bravo’s insulting words, Mr. de Alfaro’s family honour was tarnished as a direct result from the scandal. Even as a man of a lower class, honour is still incredibly important as other families within the community base their perceptions on how honourable and thus reputable a family is. Mrs.
Lope de Vega’s play touches upon several key components and ideas that were brought up in many of the other stories read throughout the semester. This included the role of gender and how men and women are viewed differently in the Spaniard town of Fuenteovejuna. Another topic included the importance of family, love, and relationships and their connection on loyalty, trust, and personal beliefs. The last major influence found in other literature and in Fuenteovejuna, were the political and religious references made throughout the play. Even though Lope de Vega didn’t make these views obvious, the reader could still pick up on their connotation and the references made towards these specific ideas. With all of this in mind, each of these components played an important role in each civilization read, and even over 1,000 years later it continues to be a social topic as well as a large part of the culture. The only difference a reader or scholar could make for this particular piece of literature is its authenticity and how it was based on a true event. Regardless, new views on power and how one obtain it become apparent through the dialogue between characters like Laurencia and the Commander.
Throughout the history of the world, honor has been an important part of life. In literature, as well, honor plays an important role in many plots and the development of almost any character. Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing is no exception. In this comedy about love and marriage, honor is revealed as the primary reason for many of the actions taken by several different characters. When Claudio breaks off his wedding with Hero, he does it because he believes she is not chastised as she claims to be and in being such, she would dishonor him as well as her father if the marriage were to proceed as planned. The play is an accurate depiction of the honor code and the different standards for men and women of the time in regards to honor and chastity.