Answer all the questions provided according to the readings.
LOPE DE VEGA, FUENTEOVEJUNA General Dates/author[s]: Lope de Vega Original language/writing system: _________________________________________________. Circle all that apply: Epic, lyric, narrative verse, theater, short story, novel, prose, commentary, fanfiction, history, propaganda, Theater, History, Propaganda. Why? It’s a play about a civil war that had broken out in Spain a long time ago and uses history and propaganda in it to describe what happens . · Fuenteovejuna is published in (date, city) 1614, , but the action takes place in (date, city) 1470s, province of Córdoba, Spain. List 5 traits of its two historical settings for a total of 10. In the 1470s, a civil war broke out in Spain between the supporters of the new Queen Isabel and Juana, the dispossessed heir to the throne. · Make a list of characters as they appear. How can you tell they are for the Isabel or Beltraneja factions? The people in the village are for Isabel since they’re always saying that whatever they’re doing is in the name of Isabel and Ferdinand. These include: Laurencia (rape survivor), Frondoso (Laurencia’s lover), Estaban (Laurencia’s dad), Mengo, Juan Rojo, Pascuala, Alonso, Jacinta, Barrildo, Cuadrado, and a boy in act 3. The people that are in the Beltraneja faction are the Order of Calatrava as they’re seen taking over this village and abusing it. These include: Fernan Gomez (commander), Flores (cronie #1), Ortuno (cronie #2), and Rodrigo (master). The other characters in this story are Queen Isabel, King Ferdinand, and Don Manrique. · Analyze Laurencia’s war speech. What are her grievances, determinations and enemies? List the characters that discuss enemas. Why is the mention so abrupt when Laurencia’s story of survival carries the entire plotline? Laurencia’s war speech is about taking the village back from Fernan and his forces. The men basically let her get taken away for rape and she puts them to shame for doing that and not even trying to exact revenge on Fernan for taking her away forcefully. She rallies up the women and tells them that they will fight like amazons and take the city back since the men want to act like the women instead, be in fear, and do nothing while Frondoso is about to be hanged for his “crime”. · How does Lope de Vega turn a town’s plight into empire-building propaganda? What are some examples of Spain as a world-power in Fuenteovejuna? The town is being controlled by Fernan. He sees any women just for his sexual desires and is driving the men out. He’s trying to assert his dominance by showing the townsfolk what happens when you try to go against him with public hangings and stuff like that. The town is however loyal to Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand. · The inhabitants of Fuenteovejuna are illiterate but natural-born philosophers. In 7 sentences, describe their discussion on the nature of love. What are their sources of popular wisdom? They say that the world has a need for love or else life would fade away, which is what Barrildo claims. He also says that all harmony is distilled love and that love comes from above. Mengo however claims that love is compulsory and not bonds of chance. Mengo also says that self protection is natural love. Self love rules all according to him. Pascuala says that love is a desire for beauty. Love pursues beauty for pleasure. Their sources come from experiences they’ve had.