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comedia
secular play
tragedy or comedy
Spanish
autosacramenta
religious play
Spanish
Life is a Dream playwright
de Barca
protagonist of Life is a Dream
Siegemund
Basilio
King of Poland
Life is a Dream
Setting of Life is a Dream
Poland
Neoclassical author of Phaedra
Racine
Oenone
attendant to Phaedra
Phaedra's husband
Theseus
Aricia
Hippolytus's love
Ismene
a friend of Phaedra
anachronistic aspect of Phaedra
takes place in span of one day
protagonist of Tartuffe
Orgon
Dorine
maid in Tartuffe
Damis
man Orgon wishes to marry his daughter to
dues ex machina in Tartuffe
messenger from king