Czekoladowy sen Tymianka. Analiza sceny teatralnej z dramatu Valor, agravio y mujer (Odwaga, zniewaga i kobieta) autorstwa Any Caro de Mallén
Thyme’s chocolate dream. Analysis of a scene from the play Valor, agravio y mujer (Courage, Betrayal and a Woman Scorned) by Ana Caro de Mallén

Summary/Abstract: The play Valor, agravio y mujer (Courage, Betrayal, and a Woman Scorned) by Ana Caro de Mallén, a 17th-century writer of the Spanish Golden Age, is a female response to the myth of Don Juan. In it, both at the level of the main characters – who belong to the aristocracy – and at the level of the subordinate characters – servants – women take revenge on men who have either deprived them of their virginity or want to do so. In one scene, a servant, Thyme, is deeply put to sleep by a maid, Flora, using a chocolate potion. Flora takes advantage of Thyme’s unconsciousness to rob him. A detailed analysis of this scene, with reference to the properties and symbolic meaning of the plants that appear in it, shows how Ana Caro de Mallén thoroughly conceived her most famous dramatic work. The upsidedown world she has created functions both in the plot – a woman robs a man – and in the names that determine the actions of plants, which have the opposite effect on beings belonging to the plant world than on humans. In addition, the a

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