Life Is A Dream
The play “Life Is A Dream” is written by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, one of Spain’s most popular playwright. As Wilson and Goldfarb (2000) described it, Calderon’s first choice of career, even at his young age, was the priesthood. After a few years of study in a seminary, he left school to enter government service. At age 23, he began to write plays for the court, becoming a leader among the court poets. He changed careers at age 40 by joining the army to help suppress a Catalan rebellion.
He is a “Modern Man” because of his submission to humanism, an attitude that emphasizes the dignity and worth of the individual. Calderon believed that people are “rational beings who possess within themselves the capacity for truth and goodness” – that regardless of the wrongdoings of men, it is through the natural kindness of men that restores peace and unity to everyone in the society. This is a basic premise of humanism.
