Question

A satirical novel compares the potential fates of this play’s protagonist to the “wishy,” “wishy-washy,” and “washy” options given to Liberty Island voters. This play’s protagonist is trapped in the Statue of Liberty and freed by Hamlet and Zarathustra, leading (-5[1])to Puerto Rican independence, in Giannina Braschi’s United States of Banana. In this play, a woman asks her maid to retrieve a locket from Astolfo that is revealed to contain a portrait of that maid. Upon realizing that she has his sword, the tutor Clotaldo spares his disguised daughter in this play. Clarín and Rosaura (10[1])rescue this play’s protagonist after a prophecy that he will disgrace the kingdom causes King Basilio to lock him in a tower. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Spanish Golden Age play about Prince Segismundo, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Life is a Dream [or La vida es sueño]
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