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La Dama del Alba by Alejandro Casona

santidieg03's review against another edition

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3.0

me agarro muy desprevenido xq lei los primeros actos hace una semana y los otros hoy entonces medio me perdi
me gustó igual!!! se ve que casona es alergico a missear

cerilla's review against another edition

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5.0

No sé si es por el elemento rural y tradicional asturiano, porque me encanta lo hogareño del primer acto, o porque adoro a un determinado personaje (sabrás quién al leerlo) y su relación con las distintas generaciones de la familia, pero me fascina esta obra. El acto de revelaciones y explicaciones se hace quizá un pelín largo, pero no desmerece la sensación general de acabar de leer una pequeña leyenda de los montes asturianos.
Recomendación personal: mejor leer la obra un día desapacible, en el calorín de casa.

liliputiense's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

3.25

siabooks343's review against another edition

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5.0

Una auténtica reliquia que debería ser lectura obligada en nuestros centros educativos.
Una auténtica pasada como su escritor combina fantasía con realidad y, cómo a través de sus personajes nos enseña el valor de la vida y las decisiones que tomamos a lo largo de ella. Todo con una sensibilidad magnífica .
Es tan tan sumamente bonito, que te hará sumergir en cada una de las palabras plasmadas y te vibrará el corazón .
Parece mentira que tengamos la muerte como algo malo, como una condena a lo peor cuando realmente podría ser vista como un regalo para nuestro descanso, nuestro entendimiento a los acontecimientos de la vida , al ser …
Nada más que decir, es brillante y animo a todo el mundo a leerlo! Mi favorito sin duda alguna!.

jenni_elyse's review against another edition

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3.0

I read La Dama del Alba for my Spanish class this semester. It’s the first thing I’ve ever read completely in Spanish. Although it took a while to read because I had to do a lot of translating, it was a very rewarding experience.

La Dama del Alba is a play written in four acts. During each act, we learn more and more about the characters. The story explores death, grief, despair, happiness, love, mercy, and forgiveness. It’s very Catholic in origin as many of the themes are based on Catholic beliefs.

While reading La Dama del Alba, I wasn’t able to guess everything that was going to happen, but I did have a pretty good idea about the more important plot points. It was very fun to see if my predictions would come true and if they did, how. There’s a lot of humor in the play, but that often had to be pointed out to me by my teacher.

I enjoyed this play a lot. At first, I didn’t like the ending. However, after my teacher explained the Catholic origins, which I had no knowledge of, it helped me make sense of it and I was much more satisfied with it.

ladynavalon's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

czeleia's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

lovelyloro's review against another edition

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4.0

Another one for Spanish... although I must admit I like this one a great deal more. On a separate note I'd like to know why my professor is so obsessed with death and the devil. Geesh... give us a new topic already!

Interesting story... after finishing this on I think I enjoyed La Barca Sin Pescador more.

serjbengar's review against another edition

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5.0

Menuda joyita, cómo he podido no saber de esta obra en veintisiete años. Fascinado me hallo al haber descubierto a Alejandro Casona, que no solamente ejerce un orgullo absoluto por las costumbres y leyendas que impregnan a su Asturias natal (estando él en Argentina, tan lejos debido al exilio), pero también por la forma en que expone temas tan intrínsecamente humanos como la muerte o el amor (en diversas formas).
El único pero, que no resta estrellas a mi valoración, se lo pongo a las notas al pie porque, queriendo aportar contexto e intertextualidad con otras obras de Casona o con sus influencias como dramaturgo, se adelantaban en ocasiones a momentos cruciales de la historia.

cris's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25