El burlador de sevilla english translation act 2

In order to prove his bravado, he heretically invites don Gonzalo's statue to dinner that evening. Then, two of don Juan's old friends, Centellas and Avellaneda, show up, and don Juan convinces himself that he hadn't truly seen a ghost at all. God therefore agreed that their two souls would be bound together eternally, so don Juan must choose either salvation or damnation for both himself and doГ±a InГ©s. InГ©s is speaking from Purgatory, having made a deal with God to offer her own blameless soul on behalf of don Juan's. As he prays, the statue of doГ±a InГ©s comes to life and tells him that he only has one day to live, in which he must decide what his fate will be. The protagonist is clearly at least a bit repentant of what he has done, expressing regret to the statues and praying to doГ±a InГ©s for forgiveness. Don Juan also finds out that doГ±a InГ©s died of sorrow not long after being abandoned. The sculptor, who has just finished his work when don Juan arrives, tells him that don Diego Tenorio, don Juan's father, had disowned his son and used his inheritance to build this memorial to his victims. Lifelike statues of don Gonzalo, don Luis, and doГ±a InГ©s stand over the tombs. Upon coming to the place where his mansion used to be, he discovers that the building was torn down and a cemetery built in its place. Don Juan has been pardoned and thereby allowed to return to Seville.

The second part begins after five years have passed. Don Juan declares that, since they have rejected him in his attempts to become a good person, he will go on being a devil, and he shoots don Gonzalo, stabs don Luis in a duel, and flees the country, abandoning the now fatherless doГ±a InГ©s. Don Luis and don Gonzalo mock him for his perceived cowardice and continue to demand his life. Don Juan kneels and begs don Gonzalo to let him marry doГ±a InГ©s, saying he worships her and would do anything for her. Before they can fight, don Gonzalo shows up with the town guardsmen and accuses don Juan of kidnapping and seducing his daughter. Unfortunately, don Luis arrives to demand a duel with don Juan for having seduced doГ±a Ana while pretending to be her fiance. There is a very tender love scene in which each professes to love the other, and it seems that, for once, don Juan does feel something more than lust for doГ±a InГ©s. However, he does not seduce the saintly doГ±a InГ©s he just takes her from the convent where she had been cloistered and brings her to his mansion outside the city. In following scenes, don Juan manages, through charisma, luck and bribery, to fulfill both terms of the bet in less than one night. He now has the second part of the bet concreted with doГ±a InГ©s set to take her vows. Don Juan laughs and tells the man that he will either give doГ±a InГ©s to him, or he will take her. Don Juan agrees to the new bet, boasting that he only needs six days to complete the task with don Luis's fiancee as one of the intended conquests.ДЄt this point, don Gonzalo, don Juan's future father-in-law, who has been sitting in a corner during this entire exchange, declares that don Juan will never come near his daughter and the wedding is off.

Don Luis, his pride hurt, admits that Don Juan has slept with every woman on the social ladder from princess to pauper, but is lacking two conquests: a novice about to take her holy vows and an engaged woman. It is then revealed that both caballeros have gotten engaged since they last met, don Luis to doГ±a Ana de Pantoja and don Juan to doГ±a InГ©s de Ulloa. People in the crowd ask him if he isn't afraid that someday there will be consequences for his actions, but Don Juan replies that he only thinks about the present. The story begins with Don Juan meeting Don Luis in a crowded wine shop in Seville so that the two can find out which of them has won the bet that they made one year ago: each expected himself to be able to conquer more women and kill more men than the other. In the first part of the drama, the protagonist is still the demonic rake described by de Molina (he is called a demon and even Satan himself on more than one occasion).

El burlador de sevilla english translation act 2