1. This legendary Spanish character has inspired many literary and artistic works: - Don Juan o el convidado de piedra (1665) Molire - Juan Tenorio o el libertino castigado (1734) Goldoni - Don Giovanni (1787) Mozart - Don Juan (1819-1824) Lord Byron - Las nimas del purgatorio Prosper Mrime

2. Play by Tirso de Molina (1630) First written version of the Don Juan legend 3. The play begins in Naples with Don Juan and the Duchess Isabela, who alone in her palace room, have justenjoyed a night full of sex and seduction together. However, when Isabella wants to light a lamp DonJuan threatens to kill it. She suddenly realizes that he is not her lover, the Duke Octavio, and screamsfor help. Don Juan's uncle, Don Pedro, comes to arrest the offender. But Don Juan cleverly reveals hisidentity as his nephew and Don Pedro assists him in making his escape just in time. Pedro then claims tothe King that the unknown man was Duke Octavio. The King orders Octavio and Isabela to be marriedat once, with both of them to be held in prison until the wedding. At home, after Octavio speaks of his love for Isabela, Don Pedro comes to arrest him, claiming that Octaviohad violated Isabela the previous night. Octavio, of course, had done no such thing, and starts tobelieve that Isabela has been unfaithful to him. He flees from Don Pedro, planning to leave thecountry. By the seashore of Tarragona, a peasant girl named Tisbea happens to find Don Juan and his servant,Catalinn, apparently washed up from a shipwreck. She tries to revive Don Juan, who wakes andimmediately declares his love for her. Tisbea takes Juan back to her house, intending to nurse himback to health and mend his clothes. Back in Seville, the King speaks to Don Gonzalo, a nobleman and military commander, about arranging amarriage between Don Juan and Gonzalo's daughter, Doa Ana. Gonzalo likes the idea and goes todiscuss it with his daughter. Back at the seashore, Don Juan and Catalinn flee, apparently after Don Juan has already seducedTisbea. Catalinn scolds him, but Don Juan reminds him that this is not his first seduction, and jokes thathe has a medical condition in which he must seduce. Catalinn says that he is a plague for women.Tisbea catches up with the two men, and Don Juan assures her that he intends to marry her. Tisbea isso overcome with grief and anger over what happened that she exclaims "fuego, fuego" meaningthat she is burning up with hate and a desire for revenge. She is also overcome with shame at theundoing of her honor and flings herself into the ocean. 4. In Seville, Don Diego, Don Juan's father, tells the king that the man who seduced theDuchess Isabela was not Octavio, but Don Juan, and shows a letter from Don Pedro asproof. The King declares Don Juan banished from Seville and retracts his plans to havehim marry Doa Ana. Just then, Octavio arrives, begging the king's forgiveness forhaving fled earlier. The King grants it, and allows him to stay as a guest in the palace.Next, Don Juan and Catalinn arrive and talk to the Marquis de la Mota, who is awomanizer nearly as bad as Don Juan. The Marquis confesses, however, that he isactually in love with his cousin Doa Ana, but laments that she is arranged to marrysomeone else. Mota says he is going to visit Ana, and Don Juan sends Catalinn tofollow him in secret. His plans are also helped along when a servant of Ana's, having justseen Don Juan talking to Mota, asks that he give to him a letter from Ana. In the lettershe asks Mota to visit her during the night, at 11 o'clock sharp, since it will be their oneand only chance to ever be together. Mota comes back again, apparently not havingfound Ana at home, and Don Juan says he received instructions from Ana that Motashould come to the house at midnight. Mota lends Don Juan his cape at the end of thescene. That night at Don Gonzalo's home, Ana is heard screaming that someone has dishonoredher, and her father, Don Gonzalo, rushes to her aid with his sword drawn. Don Juandraws his own sword and kills Don Gonzalo. With his final breath, Don Gonzalo swears tohaunt Don Juan. Don Juan leaves the house just in time to find Mota and give him hiscape back and flees. Mota is immediately seen wearing the same cloak as the manwho murdered Don Gonzalo and is arrested. 5. The next day, near Dos Hermanas, Don Juan happens upon a peasant wedding and takes a particular interest in the bride,Aminta. The groom, Batricio, is perturbed by the presence of a nobleman at his wedding but is powerless to do anything.Don Juan then pretends to have known Aminta long ago and deflowered her already, and by law she must now marryhim. He goes to enjoy Aminta for the first time and convinces her that he means to marry her at once. The two of them gooff together to consummate the union, with Juan having convinced Aminta that it is the surest way to nullify her lastmarriage. Elsewhere Isabela and her servant, Fabio, are travelling, looking for Don Juan, whom she has now been instructed to marry. Shecomplains of this arrangement and declares that she still loves Octavio. While travelling, they happen upon Tisbea, whosesuicide attempt was unsuccessful. When Isabela asks Tisbea why she is so sad, Tisbea tells the story of how Don Juanseduced her. Isabela then asks Tisbea to accompany her. Don Juan and Catalinn are back in Seville, passing by a churchyard. They see the tomb of Don Gonzalo, and Don Juan jokinglyinvites the statue on the tomb to have dinner with him and laughs about how the hauntings and promised vengeancehave not yet come. That same night, as Don Juan sits down for dinner at his home, his servants become frightened and run away. Don Juan sendsCatalinn to investigate, and he returns, horrified, followed by the ghost of Gonzalo in the form of the statue on his tomb.Don Juan is initially frightened but quickly regains control of himself and calmly sits to dine while his servants cower aroundhim. Gonzalo invites Juan to dine again in the churchyard with him, and he promises to come. At the Alcazar, the King and Don Diego, Don Juan's father, discuss the impending marriage to Isabela, as well as the newlyarranged marriage between Duke Octavio and Doa Ana. Octavio then arrives and asks the King for permission to duelwith Don Juan, and tells the truth of what has happened to Isabela to Diego, who was until now unaware of this particularmisdeed of his son. The King and Diego leave, and Aminta appears, looking for Don Juan since she thinks he is now herhusband. Octavio takes her to the king so that she can tell him her story. In the churchyard, Don Juan tells Catalinn about how lovely Isabela looks and how they are to be married in a few hours. Theghost of Gonzalo appears again, and he sets out a table on the cover of a tomb. He serves a meal of vipers andtarantulas, which Juan bravely eats. At the end of the meal, Gonzalo grabs Don Juan by the wrist, striking him dead. In aclap of thunder, the ghost, the tomb, and Don Juan disappear, leaving only Catalinn, who runs away in terror. At the Alcazar, every single character who has been wronged by Don Juan is complaining to the King, when Catalinn entersand announces the strange story of Don Juan's death. All the women who have claim to Don Juan as their husband aredeclared widows, and Catalinn admits that Ana escaped from Juan before he could dishonor her. Mota plans to marryAna, Octavio to marry Isabela, Tisbea is free to marry again if she chooses, and Batricio and Aminta go back home. 6. Don Juan Tenorio is a romantic version of the legend afterlife Love after life Destiny 7. Repentment Salvation 8. Don Juan is a gentleman who passes his days playing, flirting and dueling 9. As part of a bet, hechallenges anotheryoung man to be themost seductive oneamong women. Hewill seduces hisopponents fiance,Doa Ana dePantoja and willseduce a young nun,doa Ins (to whomhes alreadyengaged) 10. Doa Ins father, Comendador Don Gonzalo de Ulloa, after hearing the rumors, breaks the engagement. http://www.barriosantacruz.com/plaza/elvira.htm 11. Don Juan kidnaps Doa Ins and they fall in loveDon Luis and DonGonzalo duel DonJuan, but only DonJuan stays alive,for which reasonhe has to flee toItaly 12. Doa Ins dies after a depression 5 years later, Don Juan returns to Sevilla and visits the cemetery 13. Doa Ins asked God for hers and Don Juans eternal salvation is she could convince Don Juan to repent from his sins. Her spirit convinces Don Juan right before Comendador is about to drag Don Juan to hell 14. They both rise to heaven surrounded by angels and celestial images