I chose to read the play "Life is a Dream " by Pedro Calderòn de la Barca. I chose to read the play because of the title. The title "Life is a Dream " is a well known metaphor. Dreams can be intensely real but in reality they are not.
There aren't many characters overall in this play but the main ones are Segismundo and Basilio Other characters are Rosaura, Clotaldo, Estrella and Astolfo. Basilio is the king of Poland and the father of Segismundo who is a prince. Rosaura is a noble lady from Muscovy. Clotaldo is an elderly man but is also Segismundo's jailer and companion. Estrella is a niece of Basilio and she is a princess. She has a servant named ClarÃn. Astolfo is Basilio's nephew and is also the duke of Muscovy. Astolfo and Estrella have feelings for each other. .
In the play, Basilio imprisons Segismundo in a tower because he believes in a prophecy of the heavens that would kill him and doom the country if he lives freely. This tower is Segismundo's cradle and also his grave. Basilio lets Segismundo out for a little and Segismundo wreaks havoc on the kingdom. His father convinces him that it was all a dream and he is imprisoned once again in the tower. Segismundo seeks for the answer to a question that has plagued him for most of his life. What crime he committed against the heavens. Later on he realizes that the only crime he has committed is being born. His birth killed Clorilene, his mother. With him in the tower is Clotaldo. Clotaldo gives Segismundo knowledge about the heavens and the Earth. This play is a drama from the Spanish Golden Age. The play is broken into three acts.
In the first act, we learn that Rosaura and Astolfo were to be married. Upon realizing that Rosaura is not of Royal descent, Astolfo flees to Poland. Rosaura and her servant ClarÃn leave Muscovy in search of Astolfo and stumble upon the tower in the mountains in which Segismundo is jailed in. Clotaldo spots them and stops them.
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