Descripción
CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA , PEDRO .//EDITORIAL CERVANTES DIGITAL//
LIFE IS A DREAM (LA VIDA ES SUEÑO) BY PEDRO CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA IS A MASTERPIECE OF SPANISH GOLDEN AGE THEATER. WRITTEN IN THE 17TH CENTURY, ITS A PHILOSOPHICAL AND ALLEGORICAL PLAY THAT DELVES INTO THEMES OF FATE, FREE WILL, AND THE NATURE OF REALITY. THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND SEGISMUNDO, A PRINCE WHO HAS BEEN IMPRISONED SINCE BIRTH DUE TO A PROPHECY. THE PROPHECY PREDICTS THAT SEGISMUNDO WILL BECOME A TYRANT IF HE IS EVER GIVEN POWER. THROUGHOUT THE PLAY, THE AUDIENCE IS TAKEN ON A JOURNEY THAT QUESTIONS THE TRUE NATURE OF LIFE AND WHETHER OUR EXPERIENCES ARE REAL OR MERELY FLEETING DREAMS.
