A comédia do fantasma (‘Mostellaria’)Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press, Dec 1, 2014 - 138 pages Numa comédia de ilusão e de conflito de valores, o jovem Filólaques, aproveitando a ausência do pai, endivida-se em festas e compra da liberdade da sua amada escrava. O regresso inesperado do senex suscita o engenhoso plano do escravo Tranião. Face à falsa notícia de que a casa
In this comedy of deception and conflict of values, the young Philolaches, taking advantage of the absence of the father, became indebted due to the parties he has hosted and the purchase of his beloved courtesan. The unexpected return of the senex requires the ingenious scheme of the slave Tranio. Once given the news that the house was haunted, the money loaned from the usurer was justified, to purchase the house of the neighbor. After all the scenes of quid pro quo were clarified, Callidamates, a friend of Philolaches, conveys the comedy to a happy ending - after stabilizing the situation, arguing that the money will be restored, the senex Theopropides gives his forgiveness. |
