6. Diamante's Mythology.
The article discusses the particular function of several deities in the play "La reina María Estuarda" by Juan Baustista Diamante. Venus, the goddess of love and beauty had been equated with Isabel rather than with Maria. The powerful Jupiter, the father of gods, was associated with the kings of the...
| Published in: | Critical Edition of Juan Bautista Diamante's La Reina Maria Estuarda pp. 34 - 37 |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
1990
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| Summary: | The article discusses the particular function of several deities in the play "La reina María Estuarda" by Juan Baustista Diamante. Venus, the goddess of love and beauty had been equated with Isabel rather than with Maria. The powerful Jupiter, the father of gods, was associated with the kings of the Spain. Morfeo or Morpheus, the god of sleep, dreams and drugs, was referred in the play as the effect of heresy, a type of drug to blind man to his religious duties to God and the true faith. |
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