THRART 201 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Fuenteovejuna, Lope De Vega, Medina Del Campo
25 Sep 2017
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The feudal lord of the village of fuenteovejuna (sheep well or watering place) in 1476. Lusting after the village girls, he has his servants, flores and ortu o, seize them and bring them to his palace for his pleasure. The girl he desires most is laurencia, the prettiest girl of the village, but she manages to elude his servants. One day, the commander does seize her, but she is saved by frondoso, a courageous young peasant. To further his political ambitions, the commander persuades the young master of calatrava to attack the city of ciudad real, in the possession of. He intends to turn the town over to the king of portugal. His career of tyranny and treachery ends when he is overthrown and killed by the people of fuente. Ovejuna after he has halted the marriage of laurencia and taken the girl to the citadel.
