Teatro entremeses de cervantes biography

Our Supporters. Make a Donation. Cervantes invites us to observe his characters from a superior position, with a distance which allows us to see the criticism, irony and mockery with which he describes a world of money, honour, racial purity, marriages of convenience, and a long list of situations and people motivated by their low intentions.

At the same time, the language of these characters allows us to see the everyday and unrefined discourse of the era which these characters bring to life. Cervantes himself had extramarital affairs and illegitimate children and decided to leave home to travel and escape his failed marriage. In this case, Cervantes shows us marginalised characters of society, and in doing so breaks with the amorous idyllic.

It is also interesting that it is the female characters who rebel, tired of being treated badly and of their current situations, determined to end everything; presenting marriage as synonymous with disappointment and disillusionment.

Teatro entremeses de cervantes biography

On the other hand, El Retablo de las Maravillas gives us an insight into the political-religious situation of the Spain of this era. There was an atmosphere of intolerance, not so different from that which we are facing nowadays: the abolishment of non-Christian religious groups, new laws, certificates of racial purity and even racial killings.

This satire shows us how we are prepared to embarrass ourselves as long as our integrity is not compromised. Muestra su ingenio y su humor. Donde despliega todo su ingenio. Es una novela pastoril. Dividida en 6 libros. Al final de ella, Cervantes deja entrever la posibilidad de continuar las aventuras de su caballero. Don Quijote va creando su fama mediante las locas y fantasiosas aventuras.

La primera parte sirve en esta como aporte novelesco, pues algunos personajes con los que se encuentra Don Quijote ya conocen sus aventuras.