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This paper analyzes a specific motif, the eagle, as one of the sacramental items best known of the calderonian bestiary. Their study is done through several layers: the compositional, the morphological, the biblical, the political-symbolic and the scenic, showing the complexity of the subject and its peculiar insertion in the sacramental plays of the golden age spanish playwright.

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The author of this article analyses the medieval romance with the theme of La bella malmaridada, the woman unfaithful, and studies the evolution of this topic so far until the Sacramental play by Lope de Vega La adúltera perdonada. It is also considered a comedy by Lope with the same title. The intention of this article is a close examination to the character of the wife, her husband and the marriage context from the Middle Ages. Dealing with these aspects, Lope proposes different solutions to the conflict presented as it is analysed.

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This article contains a deep analysis of the sacramental play Auto Sa­cramental del Juego del Hombre written by Luis Mejía de la Cerda in 1625. The piece is composed taking a card game as the core topic and representing Christ as a player betting amongst the Death, Devil and World. One of the most remarkable characteristics is the absolute presence of the play in a devote text, because of the combination of such mundane and religious features. But it is necessary to say, that this way of leisure was very popular during the Golden Age period, where people of every social class were willing to enjoy.