LA VIDA ES SUEÑO - LIBRO GRATI

Life is a dream is a play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, premiered in 1635 and belongs to the literary movement of the Baroque. The central theme is the freedom of the human being to configure his life, without being carried away by a supposed destiny.

If Calderón de la Barca is the Baroque theatrical author par excellence, we can say that La vida es sueño is the work that substantiates the great themes of this movement. The story of Prince Segismundo, who leaves the cave in which he had been imprisoned by his father to become king for a brief period of time - a dreamed time - before being returned to her, gives rise to a complex drama about free will, the transience of life and the falsity of appearances.