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A seven page paper which considers Tirso's The Trickster of Seville from the point of view of the insights it contains into the social and religious culture of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the role of Don Juan as a post-Renaissance baroque hero.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JL5_JLtirso.rtf
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makes both on Spanish society of the time and the impact which the character of Don Juan has upon societal values. It has been suggested by some commentators, for example,
that Don Juan cannot be viewed as either a historical figure in his own right, or as representing a social comment on the cultural elements which were prevalent in Spain
at the time. Banks (2002), for example, notes that
one view of Don Juan is that it is impossible to allot him any credibility as a character, since he is so contradictory and therefore he cannot be considered as
having been the product of contemporary Spain: he is, effectively, a myth and Banks sees him as exemplifying a much more universal type of figure. On the other hand, critics
such as Austen assert that the opposite is true, and that the Spanish cultural and religious climate of the time was, in fact, exactly the type of background which would
have produced such a character in such a socio-psychological context.
The religious environment of Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries, for instance, can be seen as a key factor in terms of the background of the play. Not only
would the church take advantage of popular entertainment such as theatre in order to promote religious values, but many of those involved in literature and the arts, including Tirso himself,
were members of the clergy. It might reasonably be assumed, therefore, that the play is not only intended as entertainment but as a commentary on social and religious values, and
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