Don Felix: Sociopath

We touched on the idea of Don Felix of El Estudiante de Salamanca having a personality disorder in class this week. Having personal experience with this type of person I thought it would be interesting to elaborate a little more about this type of person in context with Don Felix's character. Don Felix, in my opinion, exhibits many personality traits that would lead readers to believe he has sociopathic tendencies. A sociopath, by definition, have superficial charm, and feel that certain things are their right or entitled to them. They are manipulative and use other people only to get what they want. They have no sense of remorse no matter what they might do. They have an ability to mock human emotions such as remorse in order to appear more human but in reality they feel nothing. They don't have the capacity to love, only to adapt in order to appear to feel the emotion of love. They have no empathy for others. They need constant stimulation; they do outrageous things to get a rush, such as acting out verbally and physically against others. They exhibit promiscuous sexual behavior and they lack a plan for life. they go throughout life, acting human enough to be accepted and constantly fooling those that love them, but without any emotion and are simply fulfilling their own needs at the expense of others.
I think that Don Felix falls easily into this description. He kills without remorse, uses women without a second thought, and seems to believe that he is entitled to whatever he wants. He shows no emotions good or bad, yet is accepted by his peers because he's able to make himself appear human enough despite his behavior. It's an interesting concept to consider, and for me it brings the work into a whole new light.