In one speech from this play, a woman challenges the maxim "misfortunes must be cowards because they only come incrowds" by countering that misfortunes must be courageous since "who ever charges with them may dare all things becausethey'll never desert him."
In one speech from this play, a woman challenges the maxim "misfortunes must be cowards because they only come incrowds" by countering that misfortunes must be courageous since "who ever charges with them may dare all things becausethey'll never desert him." In the Âfirst act, a man describes his wife's delirious vision during childbirth of "the human viper ofthis century" bursting out of her entrails, before he recalls a prophecy predicting a day when the "bright sun stained in blood[would] duel with the moon." One lady in this play adopts the name Astrea while working for Princess Stella, who beseechesher to discover the identity of the woman depicted in a locket belonging to Stella's beloved Astolfo. In this play's fiÂrst scene,a woman disguised as a soldier travels to a tower fort in the mountains, where her life is spared aftfter she shows a sword toClotaldo that makes him recognize her as his lost daughter Rosaura. Before the action of this play, King Basilio imprisonedhis son at birth fearing he'd become a tyrant. For 10 points, name this play that ends with Prince Segismund's ascent to thePolish throne, written by Pedro Calderon de la Barca.
In one speech from this play, a woman challenges the maxim "misfortunes must be cowards because they only come incrowds" by countering that misfortunes must be courageous since "who ever charges with them may dare all things becausethey'll never desert him."
Life is a Dream [or La Vida es Sue Â˜no]