Question

The protagonist of a play by this author becomes overwhelmed with rage after realizing that his wife Serafina is the model for Deianira in his painting of Hercules. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this playwright whose “honor plays” all end with men killing their wives. This author’s most famous play ends with the protagonist defying a prophecy by sparing his father Basilio.
ANSWER: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
[10e] Don Gutierre bleeds his wife Mencia to death in a Calderón honor play titled for a man with this profession. Argan continually requests for these people and desires to become one of them in Molière’s play The Hypochondriac.
ANSWER: doctors [or médicos or médecins; accept physicians or surgeons]
[10h] This Calderón play ends less violently, as the dishonored Isabella is allowed to become a nun. In this play, Pedro Crespo gains the title post after hanging the soldier Don Alvaro.
ANSWER: The Mayor of Zalamea [or El alcalde de Zalamea]
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LSE BCambridge B010010
LSE AWarwick A1010020
Warwick BWarwick C010010
Imperial ACambridge A010010