To what extent is “El médico de su honra” principally a play about honour?

... To what extent is "El médico de su honra" principally a play about honour? Honour was one of the prominent issues in the Spanish Golden Age dramas of which Calderón and Lope de Vega were the main exponents. Indeed, the play is called a "drama de honor". The very fact that Calderón chose to include the word 'honra' in the title of the play 'El Médico de su Honra' indicates that indeed a certain element of honour must be present within. One must find out whether honour is the principal cause of the play or if other themes hold more importance. In the "Diccionario de Autoridades" - the first dictionary of the Spanish language, "honor" is described as: "Se toma muchas veces por reputación y lustre de alguna familia, acción u otra cosa...Se toma assimismo por obsequio, apláuso o celebridad de alguna cosa. Significa tambien la honestidad y recato

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