La Malinche

When the story of “Diana and Actaeon” is mentioned, one’s mind most commonly recalls the episode in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which Actaeon accidentally stumbles upon the goddess Diana naked in the woods during a hunting trip, and she metamorphoses him into a deer; therefore, his hunting dogs devour him (Ovid 55). “Diana and Actaeon” is a very well known episode from the Metamorphoses; it is where Ovid first delves into a discussion of whether the gods are just in their punishments towards…

The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…

In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his…

have never been written at all, on the basis of the author’s sex. Her experience with same-sex relationships, her feminist ideals, and her will for learning contribute to Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s defiant nature, which shines through her writings. To start, the experience and support that Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz had with…

Drug cartels play a huge role because they threaten people in power by threatening to kill the individual or their family or to further their agenda. Likewise, “La mordida” does not only apply to police officers, but it applies to politicians, army officials, and individuals in power. Much of these bribes are from drug cartels. In Stephen Morris scholarly article, “Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Violence…

truth behind Malinche, Romero compares her to La Virgen de Guadalupe. Both of these writers take an approach that sees Malinche as someone who got the short end of the stick. In Gonzalez’s essay, “Malinche Triangulated, Historically Speaking,” she argues that the popular portrayal of Malinche is completely imagined in that she is unreal, much like the Disney Pocahontas movie where very little is based on the reality. Gonzalez questions the accuracy of the popular perception of Malinche.…

All uncertainties as regards the role of Malinche in the Spanish conquest begin with its name and its many variants. She was known as Malinche, Malinche or Doña Marina was a Nahua woman the Gulf of Mexico that played an important role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. La Malinche served as interpreter, advisor, and intermediary lover of Hernan Cortés. In 1519, he was one of the twenty slave women given…

and take care of the home while men took positions in government and went to war. However, as the years went by and society began to evolve, women began taking roles that helped make a significant impact in Mexico’s history. From women such as La Malinche, Sor Juana, and Josefa Ortiz Dominguez, to the Soldaderas who fought in the Mexican…

Arman Tonapetyan Professor Hernandez CH S 445 18 May, 2016 Portraying Chicana Feminists As La Malinche Mirta Vidal mentioned in her article Women: New Voice of La Raza that “The impressive accomplishments of Chicanas in the last few months alone are a clear sign that Chicanas will not only play a leading role in fighting for the liberation of La Raza, but will also be consistent fighters against their own oppression as Chicanas, around their own specific demands and through their own…

Womanhood of “Never Marry a Mexican” Womanhood is not designed by physical appearance on the outside; it is distinguished by characteristics and qualities on the inside. In the short story “Never Marry a Mexican” by Sandra Cisneros there are several types of womanhood to explore. Three characters of the short story that exhibit three different type’s womanhood are Clemencia, the mother, and Megan, the wife of Drew. There are varying concepts of womanhood represented in Sandra Cisneros’s “Never…