This is his way of indicating that he is young and that death is still distant-he thinks he has plenty of time to repent later for his sins. The aphorism that Don Juan lives by is: "Tan largo me lo fiáis" (translated as "What a long term you are giving me!" ).
He takes great pride in his ability to seduce women of all ages and stations in life, and he often disguises himself and assumes other identities in order to seduce women. There have been many versions of the Don Juan story, but the basic outline remains the same: Don Juan is a wealthy Andalusian libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. This would have been characteristic of English literary precedent, where English pronunciations were often imposed on Spanish names, such as Don Quixote / ˌ d ɒ n ˈ k w ɪ k s ə t/. However, in Lord Byron's verse version the name rhymes with ruin and true one, suggesting the name was pronounced with three syllables, possibly / ˌ d ɒ n ˈ ʒ uː ən/ or / ˌ d ɒ n ˈ dʒ uː ən/, in England at the time. The usual English pronunciation is / ˌ d ɒ n ˈ w ɑː n/, with two syllables and a silent " J", but today, as more English-speakers are becoming influenced by Spanish, the pronunciation / ˌ d ɒ n ˈ h w ɑː n/ is becoming more common. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ( The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest) by Tirso de Molina, a 1787 opera, Don Giovanni, with music by Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, and a satirical, epic poem, Don Juan, by Lord Byron.īy linguistic extension, from the name of the character, "Don Juan" has become a generic expression for a womanizer, and stemming from this, Don Juanism is a non-clinical psychiatric descriptor. Portrait of Wilhelm Troszel as Don Juan, by Józef Simmler, 1846ĭon Juan ( Spanish: ), also known as Don Giovanni ( Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women.
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