Don Juan by Tirso de Molina

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Don Juan by Tirso de Molina is a 17th-century Spanish play that introduced the legendary libertine seducer Don Juan, a figure that became foundational in European literature and drama.

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Label Occurrences
Don Juan legend 4
Don Juan by Tirso de Molina canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish Golden Age drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
alternateTitle El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition circa 1616–1630 ⓘ
author Tirso de Molina ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 17th century ⓘ
characterTypeIntroduced Don Juan archetype ⓘ
climax banquet scene with the statue of Don Gonzalo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
dramaticStructure three-act play ⓘ
dramaticTradition Spanish comedia ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
hasMotif duel and killing of the Commander ⓘ
supernatural vengeance ⓘ
the stone guest ⓘ
linked to: The Stone Guest
influenceOn Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre by Molière ⓘ
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
linked to: Don Giovanni

Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla ⓘ
linked to: Don Juan Tenorio

The Libertine tradition in European literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
literarySignificance foundational work for the Don Juan myth in European culture ⓘ
mainCharacter Don Gonzalo de Ulloa ⓘ
Don Juan Tenorio ⓘ
Doña Ana de Ulloa ⓘ
Isabela ⓘ
Tisbea ⓘ
moralLesson no one can escape divine justice ⓘ
moralPerspective Catholic didacticism ⓘ
movement Baroque literature ⓘ
notableContribution introduced the literary figure of Don Juan as a libertine seducer ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
placeInCanon major work of Spanish Baroque theatre ⓘ
plotSummary A young nobleman, Don Juan, seduces and deceives women, kills the Commander Don Gonzalo, and is ultimately dragged to hell by the statue of his victim as divine punishment. ⓘ
protagonistTrait cynical seducer ⓘ
defiance of social and divine law ⓘ
resolution damnation of Don Juan ⓘ
setting Seville ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
theme divine justice ⓘ
honor ⓘ
libertinism ⓘ
morality ⓘ
retribution ⓘ
seduction ⓘ
sin and punishment ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Don Giovanni → basedOn → Don Juan by Tirso de Molina ⓘ
Donna Elvira → workBasedOn → Don Juan legend ⓘ
subject linked to: Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
linked to: Don Juan by Tirso de Molina
K. 527 → basedOn → Don Juan legend ⓘ
linked to: Don Juan by Tirso de Molina
Leporello → workBasedOn → Don Juan legend ⓘ
linked to: Don Juan by Tirso de Molina
Commendatore → inspiredBy → Don Juan legend ⓘ
linked to: Don Juan by Tirso de Molina