El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective

Yoon Yong-wook

doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

@article{ART002452447},
author={Yoon Yong-wook},
title={El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2019},
volume={54},
pages={309-331},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309}

TY - JOUR
AU - Yoon Yong-wook
TI - El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2019
VL - 54
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 309
EP - 331
SN - 1598-0685
AB - Generally speaking, it is known that an Aristotelian tragedy is known for its 3 distinctive characteristics: 1) the highlighting of the main character’s unconditional destiny, 2) the use of hamartia as a specific method that realizes that unconditional destiny, 3) and the showing of the main character’s resistance based on their free will against that unconditional destiny. Lope based his cultural foundation on such an Aristotelianism theory. Accordingly, Lope’s representative tragedies such as El castigo sin venganza and El caballero de Olmedo, clearly reveal this type of distinctive characteristic as noted in an Aristotelian tragedy. El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, is a play by Lope examined in this study, and it is one of Lope’s early tragedies, which does not quite reflect the distinctive factors of an Aristotelian tragedy as explicitly as his other representative tragedies have shown the audiences. However, in this play, the characteristics of an Aristotelian tragedy are revealed to a certain extent, as made by the following points. Namely, the unconditional destiny that Camila, the Duchess of Amalfi, and Antonio, the butler of Amalfi, eventually die in a tragic end after sharing a treacherous love that transcends their differences of social status, is reflected throughout the play. The point that this unconditional destiny is realized as a result of a fatal mistake made by the servants of the main characters, and the point that the two main male/female character’s heartbreaking resistance for achieving impossible love against unreasonable social customs is portrayed, are expected to be considered characteristics similar to those of a Aristotelian tragedy.
KW - main character's resistance;hamartia;absolute fate;Lope’s tragedy;Aristotle
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309
ER -

Yoon Yong-wook. (2019). El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective. Cross-Cultural Studies, 54, 309-331.

Yoon Yong-wook. 2019, "El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.54, pp.309-331. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

Yoon Yong-wook "El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective" Cross-Cultural Studies 54 pp.309-331 (2019) : 309.

Yoon Yong-wook. El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective. 2019; 54 309-331. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

Yoon Yong-wook. "El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective" Cross-Cultural Studies 54(2019) : 309-331.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

Yoon Yong-wook. El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective. Cross-Cultural Studies, 54, 309-331. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

Yoon Yong-wook. El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2019; 54 309-331. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

Yoon Yong-wook. El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective. 2019; 54 309-331. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

Yoon Yong-wook. "El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi, a Tragedy by Lope Viewed from the Aristotelian Perspective" Cross-Cultural Studies 54(2019) : 309-331.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.54..309

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