Question
While chained and wearing animal skins, this character delivers a soliloquy lamenting that the greatest sin of humans is “having been born.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character. In a play whose themes are often compared to Cartesian skepticism, this character is locked in a tower after a horoscope at his birth indicates that he will grow up to be a tyrant.
ANSWER: Segismundo [or Prince Sigismund] (from Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s Life is a Dream)
[10h] In the novel Mist, Augusto decides on the maxim “I eat, therefore I am” after a depressing meeting with this character. Augusto goes to meet this character after reading his article on suicide.
ANSWER: Miguel de Unamuno [prompt on the author]
[10e] Steven Nadler suggests that Descartes may have read Don Quixote, whose protagonist’s delusions include bestowing this name on his love interest, the simple peasant girl Aldonza Lorenzo.
ANSWER: Dulcinea del Toboso
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 25.00 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 0% | 33% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
Data
| Rutgers Diaspora | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland B+ | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |