Abstract

The present work aims to present, through the peculiar treatment of the Calderonian joker in his tragedies, the concrete case of El alcalde de Zalamea, where a tendency towards generalization of the comic agent can be appreciated in the presence of three pairs within the work: Rebolledo and la Chispa, Don mendo and Nuño, and lastly Pedro Crespo and Don Lope de Figueroa. This cast of figures has a justified presence in the tragic framework of the comedy.