“Me Has Visto el Alma en los Ojos”: Hidden Passions in Spanish Golden Age Tragedy
The Spanish Golden Age tragedy is assembled around the conflict of passions, which does not find an adequate channel of expression in words because there are feelings that cannot be confessed if one wants to preserve life. However, such intense emotions cannot be hidden for a long time, either. The...
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| description | The Spanish Golden Age tragedy is assembled around the conflict of passions, which does not find an adequate channel of expression in words because there are feelings that cannot be confessed if one wants to preserve life. However, such intense emotions cannot be hidden for a long time, either. The characters discover that the eyes speak in silence and cannot lie, so they appeal to their sincerity at crucial moments. Such examples can be found in the declarations of love addressed to inaccessible or forbidden women or in the narratives of women who report sexual assault or husbands who believe they have been dishonored. In this article, we will analyze all these circumstances to demonstrate that, if they contradict the lips, the eyes are the windows of the soul, and they speak a language that is as expressive as it is eloquent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48679901d9e242728edb10228871f7562023-11-16T10:30:06ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872023-09-0112510110.3390/h12050101“Me Has Visto el Alma en los Ojos”: Hidden Passions in Spanish Golden Age TragedyMaría Rosa Álvarez Sellers0Departamento de Filología Española, Facultad de Filología, Traducción y Comunicación, Universitat de València, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, nº 32, 46010 Valencia, SpainThe Spanish Golden Age tragedy is assembled around the conflict of passions, which does not find an adequate channel of expression in words because there are feelings that cannot be confessed if one wants to preserve life. However, such intense emotions cannot be hidden for a long time, either. The characters discover that the eyes speak in silence and cannot lie, so they appeal to their sincerity at crucial moments. Such examples can be found in the declarations of love addressed to inaccessible or forbidden women or in the narratives of women who report sexual assault or husbands who believe they have been dishonored. In this article, we will analyze all these circumstances to demonstrate that, if they contradict the lips, the eyes are the windows of the soul, and they speak a language that is as expressive as it is eloquent.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/12/5/101Spanish Golden Age tragedyGolden Age theatreeyesnon-verbal languagesilent languageshidden passions |
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| title | “Me Has Visto el Alma en los Ojos”: Hidden Passions in Spanish Golden Age Tragedy |
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