Abstract Jose Zorilla was a well recognized romantic poet during this era. Jose was born on February 21, 1817 in Valladolid, Spain and died on January 23, 1893 ini Madrid. Zorilla studied law at a university, but his father did not approve of his studies. Due to the disappoint and negativity of his father Zorilla stole a mule and fled to Madrid. In 1873 he became an overnight success with his recitation of an elegy at the funeral of the poet Marino Jose de Larra. He was an improviser who made his name with his leyendas (legends). His greatest success was Don Juan Tenor (1844) which was one his most popular and well known play of 19th century Spain. Zorilla was considered one of the best play writers of the Spanish romantic theater. Introduction The Romantic …show more content…
Mansour from Michigan State University sates that there is parallelism in Jose Zorillas Don Juan Tenorio. It contains dramatic conflicts of values that relates to the life and death of the protagonist. Don Juan has been recognized since it was written for the significant contribution to the development of the Don Juan theme in literature. George also states in his review that, “Many critics alike have paid considerable attention to the strong mythical character of Don Juan, but have infrequently considered structural and thematic elements germane to his conversations.” He also talks about Zorrillas sufficient indication that the work is a dramatic representation of certain principles of human conduct and not exclusively a study in character. In addition to creating an interesting character that indeed merits the extensive critical attention that he has received, Zorrilla also conceptualizes the action of the play. He captures the crucial and important moments of the play and grasp the meaning of the action that is taking place. The use of dramatic metaphors views the action of his play representing a greater reality than that of the literal history of character interaction. Personal