The mythological and literary inspiration of the romantic drama in “Lorenzaccio” and “No trifling with love” by Alfred de Musset

Abstract

This research is about reflecting on the sources of the mythological and literary inspiration of the romantic drama in the two plays “Lorenzaccio” and “No trifling with love”, of Alfred du Musset. Musset evokes the sources of the mythological and literary aspects of his two plays. He offers a man who represents the evil of the century, through which he is unable to adapt to society, suffering hard to live.  He seeks to understand himself from his society in order to prove his identity.  Thus, in these plays Musset succeeded in evoking his sensitivity towards all his internal problems and his defeat against his political and social environment.