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The Friendship Betrayed By Maria De Zayas Play Summary

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Change in Roles

The Friendship Betrayed from Maria de Zayas is for sure a lot different from the typical Don Juan Spanish comedy. This play is diverse in many ways since Maria de Zayas has totally transformed the role of women. In this play woman help each other and have a lot more power than they usually do. They consequently subvert the social order and make the play very unique.

First of all, one of the reasons why this play is different is because of the women’s solidarity. They in the play have compassion for each other and work with one another to make things right. The solidarity between Laura and Marcia in the Friendship Betrayed for example, gives them more power and because of that, they can easily change the course of the play. …show more content…

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