The King declares Don Juan banished from Seville and retracts his plans to have him marry Doña Ana. In Seville, Don Diego, Don Juan's father, tells the king that the man who seduced the Duchess Isabela was not Octavio, but Don Juan, and shows a letter from Don Pedro as proof. She is also overcome with shame at the undoing of her honor and flings herself into the ocean. Tisbea is so overcome with grief and anger over what happened that she exclaims "fuego, fuego" meaning that she is burning up with hate and a desire for revenge.
Tisbea catches up with the two men, and Don Juan assures her that he intends to marry her. Catalinón says that he is a plague for women. Catalinón scolds him, but Don Juan reminds him that this is not his first seduction, and jokes that he has a medical condition in which he must seduce. Gonzalo likes the idea and goes to discuss it with his daughter.īack at the seashore, Don Juan and Catalinón flee, apparently after Don Juan has already seduced Tisbea. Tisbea takes Juan back to her house, intending to nurse him back to health and mend his clothes.īack in Seville, the King speaks to Don Gonzalo, a nobleman and military commander, about arranging a marriage between Don Juan and Gonzalo's daughter, Doña Ana. She tries to revive Don Juan, who wakes and immediately declares his love for her. He flees from Don Pedro, planning to leave the country.īy the seashore of Tarragona, a peasant girl named Tisbea happens to find Don Juan and his servant, Catalinón, apparently washed up from a shipwreck. Octavio, of course, had done no such thing, and starts to believe that Isabela has been unfaithful to him. The King orders Octavio and Isabela to be married at once, with both of them to be held in prison until the wedding.Īt home, after Octavio speaks of his love for Isabela, Don Pedro comes to arrest him, claiming that Octavio had violated Isabela the previous night. Pedro then claims to the King that the unknown man was Duke Octavio.
But Don Juan cleverly reveals his identity as his nephew and Don Pedro assists him in making his escape just in time. Don Juan's uncle, Don Pedro, comes to arrest the offender. However, when Isabela wants to light a lamp, she realizes that he is not her lover, the Duke Octavio, and screams for help. The play begins in Naples with Don Juan and the Duchess Isabela who, alone in her palace room, have just enjoyed a night of love together.
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