Marina, Malintzin, and Malinche are few of the names given to Hernán Cortes’ personal translator. She was a daughter to a father and mother to the Chiefs of a town called Paynala. When she was a little girl, her father died and her mother gave her away to some people of Xicalango. Then, they gave her away to people of Tabasco who would then end up giving her away to Cortes. She served not only as an interpreter but she also had a son of Cortes who they named Martin. To the Spanish, like Bernal Diaz who recorded the account of the conquest of Mexico, they viewed highly of doña Marina as an intelligent and loyal servant who was very instrumental in providing communication between the Spanish and the indigenous groups of now Mexico. Because of
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These portraits are often times from negotiations or interactions between Hernán Cortés and the Spanish and the different indigenous groups they encounter. These visual representations and reoccurrences depict how important the indigenous art makers viewed Marina as being instrumental in the communication between the Spanish and Natives and the conquest overall. Furthermore, women during this time were not seen as important as the men. The Aztec empire, for example, the religion and state werewas centered around men in order to win their loyalty and strengthen the military. Even in the artistic productions Marina, being a woman, is included amongst the various scenes replicated meaning that she was an important …show more content…
Some argue that the artistic representations of her by the indigenous people who reproduced significant visual events that she was seen important because she was repeatedly present. However, over time the Mexican people began to manipulate her image to accomplish their own agenda. In the 20th century she was portrayed as a traitor, a whore, and a raped mother of the mestizos. They wanted to create an identity of nationalism; Marina strengthen the concept of patriarchy but, also was deemed of not supporting the nation during the conquest by the Spaniards. In the end, Marina was nothing more thanthen a loyal woman with a gifted mind who played a key role in the Spanish conquest using her knowledge of different languages to communicate between the Conquistadors and the Natives because she was a servant to Hernán Cortés as his faithful servant withoutwith out the possibility of disobeying him without facing
These portraits are often times from negotiations or interactions between Hernán Cortés and the Spanish and the different indigenous groups they encounter. These visual representations and reoccurrences depict how important the indigenous art makers viewed Marina as being instrumental in the communication between the Spanish and Natives and the conquest overall. Furthermore, women during this time were not seen as important as the men. The Aztec empire, for example, the religion and state werewas centered around men in order to win their loyalty and strengthen the military. Even in the artistic productions Marina, being a woman, is included amongst the various scenes replicated meaning that she was an important …show more content…
Some argue that the artistic representations of her by the indigenous people who reproduced significant visual events that she was seen important because she was repeatedly present. However, over time the Mexican people began to manipulate her image to accomplish their own agenda. In the 20th century she was portrayed as a traitor, a whore, and a raped mother of the mestizos. They wanted to create an identity of nationalism; Marina strengthen the concept of patriarchy but, also was deemed of not supporting the nation during the conquest by the Spaniards. In the end, Marina was nothing more thanthen a loyal woman with a gifted mind who played a key role in the Spanish conquest using her knowledge of different languages to communicate between the Conquistadors and the Natives because she was a servant to Hernán Cortés as his faithful servant withoutwith out the possibility of disobeying him without facing