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"Phaedra" and "Life is a Dream"
Comparison Essay # 17915
"Phaedra" and "Life is a Dream"
Discusses "Phaedra" by Jean Racine & "Life is a Dream" by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Compares free will & predestination in two plays.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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1989
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"The purpose of this research is to discuss the theme of free will and predestination in two plays: Racine's Phaedra and Calderon's Life Is a Dream. A comparison and contrast will be made of the conflict between free will and predestination in the two plays.Predestination is usually viewed in a negative way in drama, regarded as an unfortunate destiny that leads to doom because of predestined events. Racine's Phaedra is a classic example of this. Free will is the ability to choose freely, insinuating that an individual's choices can be made freely without external constraints, or fate determining the outcome. Calderon's Life Is a Dream is an example of how free will can alter predestination.
Honor in Life Is a Dream acts the same way passion does in Phaedra. Calderon's concept of honor and Racine's concept of (...)"
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