Scenes from the Magico Prodigioso
Near Antioch, Cyprian defeats a disguised Daemon in a debate about God, mediates a duel over Justina, and falls in love with her when he visits her. After she rejects him, he offers his soul to possess her; the Daemon accepts, stages a shipwreck, and offers to fulfil his desires through magic. Justina resists the Daemon's attempts to take her to Cyprian through free will and faith in God; he threatens to impersonate her with a spirit, and she prepares to seek refuge among secret worshippers.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Drama, Gothic Fiction · 3 chapters · 8,448 words
First lines
From the Spanish of Calderon
ENTER CYPRIAN, DRESSED AS A STUDENT; / CLARIN AND MOSCON AS POOR SCHOLARS, WITH BOOKS.
Genres
- Drama — Named speakers debate, quarrel and resist one another, while stage directions specify entrances, a sword fight, a tempest and the Daemon's failed attempts to move Justina.
- Gothic Fiction — A Daemon accepts Cyprian's offered soul, creates a destructive storm, enters Justina's locked chamber and threatens to send a spirit in her likeness to ruin her reputation.
Tags
drama · supernatural · theological debate · temptation · gothic
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- Work type: Play
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Gothic Fiction
- Length: 8,448 words
- Structure: 3 chapters, 157 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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