Segismundo

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Segismundo is the conflicted prince of Poland in Calderón de la Barca’s play "La vida es sueño," whose struggle between fate and free will embodies the work’s central philosophical themes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Segismundo canonical 12
imprisons his son Segismundo from birth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn La vida es sueño ⓘ
associatedWithTheme dream versus reality ⓘ
fate ⓘ
free will ⓘ
honor ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
centralCharacterOf La vida es sueño ⓘ
createdBy Pedro Calderón de la Barca ⓘ
decidesTo act justly even if life is a dream ⓘ
dramaticArc from brutality to self-mastery ⓘ
dramaticFunction protagonist ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ
experiences prophecy of tyranny ⓘ
famousLine ¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí. ⓘ
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión, una sombra, una ficción. ⓘ
father Basilio ⓘ
fatherOccupation king of Poland ⓘ
firstAppearance premiere of La vida es sueño circa 1635 ⓘ
firstAppearanceCentury 17th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
guardedBy Clotaldo ⓘ
imprisonedBy Basilio ⓘ
initialCharacterTraits impulsive ⓘ
violent ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
laterCharacterTraits merciful ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
self-controlled ⓘ
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
mother Polish queen ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Polish ⓘ
position prince of Poland ⓘ
raisedIn isolation ⓘ
tower ⓘ
relationshipWith Astolfo ⓘ
Basilio ⓘ
Clotaldo ⓘ
Estrella ⓘ
Rosaura ⓘ
roleIn play La vida es sueño ⓘ
subjectOf philosophical monologues ⓘ
symbolizes human struggle between fate and freedom ⓘ
uncertainty of reality ⓘ
tests capacity for virtue when believing life is a dream ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La vida es sueño → mainCharacter → Segismundo ⓘ
La vida es sueño → protagonist → Segismundo ⓘ
Basilio → hasChild → Segismundo ⓘ
Basilio → decision → imprisons his son Segismundo from birth ⓘ
linked to: Segismundo
Basilio → conflictWith → Segismundo ⓘ
Rosaura → meets → Segismundo ⓘ
Rosaura → protectedBy → Segismundo ⓘ
Rosaura → alliedWith → Segismundo ⓘ
Clotaldo → relationshipWith → Segismundo ⓘ
Clarín → interactsWith → Segismundo ⓘ
Astolfo → appearsAlongside → Segismundo ⓘ
Sigismund → hasSpanishForm → Segismundo ⓘ
Sigismund → hasPortugueseForm → Segismundo ⓘ