Title: La Dama del Alba
Author: Alejandro Casona
Genre: Play, Classic, Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Reason Read: Class Assignment
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My Thoughts

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 needed help translating some of the words, it was a very rewarding experience.

It’s 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. Many of the themes are based on Catholic beliefs, which I thought was interesting and fascinating as I’m not Catholic.

While reading, 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 fun to see that some of my predictions came true. There’s a lot of humor in the play, but that had to be pointed out to me by my teacher.

I ended up enjoying this play a lot. At first, I didn’t like the ending. However, after my teacher explained the Catholic beliefs that centered around the ending, it helped me make sense of it and I was much more satisfied with it.