“San Manuel Bueno, Martyr”

1. How does Angela characterize herself? 

2. According to Angela, what is the power that Don Manuel has over the village?

3. What does Valverde de Lucena’s lake and mountain symbolize?

4. Who is Blasillo? What does he represent in the work?

5. What symbolic value does the Good Friday scene hold?

6. What is the first sign of Don Manuel’s secret?

7. What is Don Manuel’s wish for the people of the village?

8. Why didn’t Don Manuel enter a cloister?

9. Upon returning from the Americas, how does Lazarus react to Don Manuel’s influence over the townspeople?

10. What are Lazarus’s ideas concerning the city and the country?