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Don Juan Tenorio

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1844

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Essay Topics

1.

Analyze the character of Don Juan Tenorio. Does he arrive to you as a sympathetic character?

2.

Compare two other male figures from the play, in order to address the question: what makes a man?

3.

Pick two of the central female characters from the play and compare the type of woman they represent. In your answer, try to address the question: what makes a woman in this play?

4.

How do you see the theme of salvation versus damnation played out?

5.

How are symbols and motifs used in the play?

6.

What is the moral of the play, if there is one?

7.

How does the play fit within the Spanish Romantic Movement?

8.

ow does Zorrilla’s Don Juan differ from that of Tirso de Molina’s?

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How is the play’s dramatic meaning dependent on its physical setting?

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Why do you think Zorrilla ended the play in the way that he did?

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