Etiqueta: Past
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Satan’s five warnings (Las cinco advertencias de Satanás)
Félix has been a Casanova all his live, together with his friend Ramón. Now, he wants to leave this life behind and decides to marry the young Coral. But Satan appears to question all his plans. He makes five warnings: Will Félix feel obliged to let Coral go with his friend Ramón? THEMES: Love, Marriage,…
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Blondes are better with potatoes (Como mejor están las rubias es con patatas)
Doctor Ulises has been gone for 15 years, disappeared in the African jungle. Now he has come back to civilization. This situation is complicated for his former wife who has remarried Bernardo. With Ulises’ return, the marriage is invalid. Also, the Doctor seems to have gone crazy after living with the native: he is kind…
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Eloísa is under an almond tree (Eloísa está debajo de un almendro)
This story has as its basis 11 main characters. The main theme is articulated by Fernando’s story, the protagonist, who comes back home after his father's death. In a letter his father left, he asks him to solve a crime: the murder of a woman that took place years ago. This takes Fernando to a…
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Occidental Vestal (La vestal de occidente)
This story is about Queen Elizabeth I of England and her complicated and tempestuous relations with Robert Devereux, II Earl of Essex. THEMES: Love, Treason, Jealousy, Monarchy, Social Relations, Society GENRE: Drama, Melodrama, Historical RELEVANT FACTS: Benavente won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1922. He treated all the theatrical genres and developed a broad…
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Stronger Than Love (Más fuerte que el amor)
Carmen, the main character of the story, takes care of Carlos, who is ill but loves her and seeks solace from his pain. The Duchess of Talavera, Carlos’ mother, is the person who puts Carmen in this position, after begging her to take care of her son. Carlos is not just ill but also jealous;…
