El burlador de Sevilla - Tirso de Molina

Don Juan, you slimeball. It is hard to read El burlador and not get disgusted by Don Juan. His uncanny knack for the art of seduction is amazing, especially considering how successful he is (You can't tell me that seducing a woman on her wedding day is easy!). The moment of this play where I let out an audible "ugh" was at lines 1876-1879, when Don Juan lies about his relationship with Aminta.
D.J.: "...a Aminta el alma di, y he gozado..."
Batricio: "¿Su honor?"
D.J.: "Sí."
Ooh, you are such a slimeball! To Aminta's husband, Batricio, Don Juan confesses that he has already stolen her virtue (although he hasn't...yet). It is pretty easy to read El burlador and think that Don Juan gets his just desserts when Gonzalo drags him to his death. What if Don Juan, however, wasn't the only guilty party in his lies and deceit? We have to take into consideration Tisbea, a self-proclaimed Doña Juana (Line 1013: "Yo soy la que hacía siempre de los hombres burla tanta"), who definitely sought to push societal limits by wedding a noble (although ignoble) man. That shouldn't happen. It is interesting to consider also that Ana, a noble woman, has not-so-noble intentions for a relationship with Mota, only to (almost) be fooled by Don Juan. I know that none of this makes Don Juan anymore innocent, but it does help to prove that everyone is at least in some way guilty, not to the extent of Don Juan, but to some degree.
One final note, I loved Don Juan's character. Talk about perseverance. He got what he wanted no matter how many hoops he had to jump through. As a person, I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole, but as a character, his success as a seducer is without equal. Overall, this was a great play and by reading it, it makes me understand why so many authors have used Don Juan-like characters in their own works.