El viejo celoso

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El viejo celoso is a short comic interlude (entremés) by Miguel de Cervantes that satirically portrays an old jealous husband’s obsessive attempts to guard his young wife.

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instanceOf Spanish play ⓘ
entremés ⓘ
short comic interlude ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
criticizes male possessiveness ⓘ
patriarchal control of women ⓘ
culturalContext early modern Spanish society ⓘ
dramaticFunction comic relief ⓘ
dramaticType entremés ⓘ
interlude ⓘ
explores power imbalance in marriage ⓘ
tension between desire and social norms ⓘ
form one-act play ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacterType old husband ⓘ
would-be lover ⓘ
young wife ⓘ
intendedAudience popular theater audiences ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
literaryMovement Baroque literature ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
literaryTechnique farce ⓘ
situational irony ⓘ
verbal irony ⓘ
mainTheme age disparity in marriage ⓘ
female confinement ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
marital control ⓘ
sexual jealousy ⓘ
medium stage performance ⓘ
narrativeFocus a young wife ⓘ
an old jealous husband ⓘ
plotSummary An old jealous husband obsessively tries to guard his young wife from other men. ⓘ
portrays obsessive jealousy as ridiculous ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor El juez de los divorcios ⓘ
El retablo de las maravillas ⓘ
La cueva de Salamanca ⓘ
setting domestic space ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition early 17th century ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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