Lope De Vegas Fuente Ovejuna Analysis

Particularly, this paper will affirm that peasants are more superior to their masters if their dignity and respect is not maintained, using Fuenteovejuna play. The master was mistreating the people of Fuenteovejuna. This angered them and they rose against him. Servants may rise against their master when the master mistreats them to an extent that they cannot bear the pain anymore. In the court when the judge returned to report the case of the villagers who killed their master, the whole village was there to defend themselves. Although they expressed themselves before the court and they were forgiven, the court affirmed that it is illegal to turn against your lord. The King and the Queen saw their distress and forgave them.

The villagers were also willing to ask for forgiveness. The King and Queen had no written evidence against the villagers and they were released. However, the Queen wanted them to be ready to fight for their Spanish crown. The commander has the authority to give directions. In this play, the commander had no mercy on people. Instead of giving direction, he enslaved them. He forced them to work, to give him their produces, to give him their women, and subjected them to pain. The peasants, on the other hand, are supposed to obey their commanders. She tried to show them that the killings in the village would follow shortly. Therefore, they needed to act before they could be killed. On hearing that, his father and the whole village were willing to accompany her.