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Alejandro Casona and the Significance of Dreams

1962; American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese; Volume: 45; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/337354

2153-6414

Charles H. Leighton,

Historical and Modern Theater Studies

the case of La llave en el des'vdn. It is, he says, ella inspirada en Freud, cuya lectura digerida, madurada y hecha came es evidente en toda la obra (un Freud tergiversado poetica y constantemente por viejas tradiciones populares sobre los suefios y su sentido).' Analysis of this play should therefore reveal much about the manner in which Casona manipulates Freud's ideas.4 The action, which takes place in a single day and in a single setting, is simple, even stark, in nature. Mario, an engineer of neurotic disposition, is the central figure. Having staked everything upon the development of a new type of industrial furnace, he finds that the very same furnace has just been produced by a large North American firm. The resultant economic and moral crisis precipitates in him a severe emotional upheaval. He is beset by terrible nightmares and anxiety states.