all requiem quotes

situation and quote for…

ballad in honour of Paco

situation:

opening scene

quote:

despues de su muerte la gente saco un romance

situation and quote for…

Paco rejects religion + military

situation:

P being asked what he wants to be when he’s older

quote:

Cura?
— No, senor
— General?
— No senor, tampoco

situation and quote for…

freedom of speech in the baths + carasol

situation:

priest dissing women speaking too freely

quote:

No debian pelear ni ir al lavadero publico, donde las mujeres hablaban demasiado libremente

situation and quote for…

Paco’s ideas to improve life

situation:

after visiting the caves

quote:

Paco dijo que iba a avisar a los vecinos para que fueran a ver al enfermo y ayudar a su mujer

situation and quote for…

P doing everything against MM teaching

situation:

P starting to distance himself from religion

quote:

No solo iba sin cuidado al lavadero y escuchaba los dialogos de las mozas, sino que a veces ellas le decian picardias y crudezas, y el respondia bravamente

situation and quote for…

P rebels against civil guards

situation:

confronted for being out past curfew

quote:

Paco echo mano a los fusiles de los guardias y se los quito

situation and quote for…

revolution happening in Madrid

situation:

talking at P’s wedding ab politics

quote:

parece que en Madrid van a darle la vuelta a la tortilla

situation and quote for…

description of inherently hierarchical society

situation:

P’s wedding

quote:

Sin darse cuenta habian ido situandose por jerarquias sociales.

situation and quote for…

revolution starting to take hold

situation:

shoemaker talking ab politics (scene after Paco’s wedding)

quote:

Su Majestad el rey va envidao y se lo lleva la trampa

situation and quote for…

land reform organised

situation:

Paco actioning his plans as new leader of town

quote:

Vamos a quitarle la hierba al duque

situation and quote for…

laws for one and laws for others

situation:

Paco + DV arguing ab land reforms (dv says this:)

quote:

hay leyes y leyes

situation and quote for…

lower class destined to lose

situation:

talking ab the land reforms in the carasol

quote:

Si el cantaro da en la piedra, o la piedra en el cantaro, mal para el cantaro

situation and quote for…

fascist violence

situation:

the day when the fascists take over

quote:

dejaron sus cuerpos en las cunetas

situation and quote for…

ppl see MM with the oppressors

situation:

town hall meeting

quote:

viendo a MM y a don Valeriano sentados en lugares de honor, no sabian que pensar

situation and quote for…

horse metaphor

situation:

MM still waiting for the mass to start

quote:

una mula (represents P’s ideas of freedom - his legacy outlives him) ha entrado por alguna parte

el potro corria por el templo a su gusto

convencido el animal de que aquel no era su sitio

situation and quote for…

specific date - context

situation:

fascists takeover

quote:

Un dia del mes de Julio

situation and quote for…

no republican flag anymore

situation:

town hall meeting after fascist takeover

quote:

quemaron la bandera tricolor

situation and quote for…

nazi-style salute

situation:

town hall meeting after fascist takeover

quote:

saludar levantando el brazo

situation and quote for…

killed cave residents

situation:

fascist takeover

quote:

Luego mataron a seis campesinos — entre ellos cuatro de los que vivian en las cuevas

main characteristic of DG

elite

situation and quote for…

apologising like it was his fault (shows the fact he’s guilty)

situation:

MM asking if anyone’s come in to the church yet

quote:

— No senor — dijo don Gumersindo disculpandose como si tuviera el la culpa

situation and quote for…

not listening to each other (him and DV)

situation:

P’s wedding

quote:

hablaban, como siempre, sin escucharse el uno al otro

situation and quote for…

ppl don’t like his wife

situation:

talking in the carasol after the fascist takeover

quote:

se ponian a insultar con voz recelosa a las mujeres de los ricos, especialmente a la Valeriana y a la Gumersinda

DV main characteristics

arrogant

guilty

corrupt

situation and quote for…

long description of his wealth

situation:

DV enters the church for the first time in the book

quote:

en el chaleco llevaba mas botones que de ordinario, y una gruesa cadena de oro con varios dijes colgando que sonaban al andar

situation and quote for…

shifty eyes

situation:

DV enters the church for the first time in the book

quote:

los ojos huidizos

situation and quote for…

wants to pay for the requiem

situation:

enters church to talk to MM

quote:

Yo la pago, la misa

situation and quote for…

explicitly told he caused P death

situation:

asking priest if he can pay for Paco’s mass

quote:

DV fue uno de los que mas influyeron en el desgraciado fin de Paco

situation and quote for…

full of himself

situation:

asking if he can pay the mass

quote:

DV, satisfecho de si

situation and quote for…

values tradition

situation:

Paco and him arguing about doing a land reform

quote:

Son muchos siglos de usanza, y eso tiene fuerza

situation and quote for…

says all men aren’t equal

situation:

him and Paco arguing about doing a land reform

quote:

Si, pero de hombre a hombre va algo

situation and quote for…

tryna find Paco

situation:

asking MM about where Paco is

quote:

Es lo que yo digo, senor cura: por menos han caido otros

situation and quote for…

disses Paco for good leadership

situation:

arguing w Paco about land reform

quote:

Quien va a bajar la cabeza? Solo la bajan los cabestros.

main characteristics ab the shoemaker

clever + educated

against church

knows ab politics - is an anarchist

situation and quote for…

dissing the church

situation:

talking to P about MM

quote:

Los curas son la gente que se toma mas trabajo en el mundo para no trabajar

situation and quote for…

priest addressing shoemaker with respect (usted)

situation:

P’s wedding reception

quote:

MM, que tuteaba a todo el mundo, lo trataba a el de usted

situation and quote for…

doesn’t pick sides

situation:

the scene after the wedding celebration

quote:

ni amigo ni enemigo de nadie

situation and quote for…

shoemaker = educated source of info

situation:

whole town talking ab the news from Madrid

quote:

Debia estar hablandoles, — pensaba Mosen Millan — de la proxima caida del rey y de que en Madrid pintaban bastos

situation and quote for…

disses priest v cleverly

situation:

talking in ‘el carasol’ about P’s wedding (after the fact)

quote:

las unicas personas a quienes todo el mundo llama padre, menos sus hijos, que los llaman tios

situation and quote for…

has to be against those in power (anarchist0

situation:

priest is discussing (*hating on) the idea of a land reform

quote:

El zapatero tenia que estar contra el que mandaba, no importaba la doctrina o el dolor

situation and quote for…

shoemaker passes away

situation:

scene where we hear about the mass killings

quote:

este aparecio muerto en el camino del carasol con la cabeza volada

La J main characteristics

supersticious (antithesis of church)

gossip

situation and quote for…

using supersticious methods as medicine

situation:

when we are told how La Jeronima tries to spiritually protect Paco as a baby

quote:

una rosa que ella misma habia desecado a la luz de la luna para darles hermosura y evitarles las menstruaciones dificiles

situation and quote for…

says P can’t be a priest

situation:

La J is trying to annoy the priest

quote:

El chico sera lo que tenga que ser. Cualquier cosa, menos cura.

situation and quote for…

supersticious activity during Easter

situation:

we are told ab how they are celebrating Easter

quote:

La Jeronima cogia piedrecitas en la glera del rio porque decia que poniendoselas en la boca aliviarian el dolor de muelas

situation and quote for…

making things up ab ppl

situation:

Easter parade happening

quote:

Mira — decia la Jeronima —. Ahi va Juan el del callejon de Santa Ana, el que robo a la vidua del sastre

situation and quote for…

la J crying

situation:

hears that the shoemaker has passed away

quote:

La Jeronima lloraba (nadie le habia visto llorar nunca) y decia que merecia que la mataran a pedradas, como a una culebra

situation and quote for…

la J goes crazy from grief

situation:

after Paco passes away

quote:

En el carasol daba voces cuando creia que no podian oirla, y otras veces callaba y se ponia a contar en las rocas las huellas de las balas

situation and quote for…

dancing to church bells

situation:

we are told what she does in the carasol when she’s bored

quote:

se ponia ella a bailar sola, siguiendo de las campanas de la iglesia

situation and quote for…

aligned to shoemaker

situation:

talking about the political changes happening in Madrid

quote:

Solo habia una persona que en eso se le pudiera igualar: la Jeronima

situation and quote for…

sheer scale of suffering vs priest response

situation:

cave scene

quotes:

se percibia el hueso de la mandibula debajo de la piel

VS

hay peores en otros pueblos

situation and quote for…

ppl not complaining ab the killings but ab small details around them (eg confession)

situation:

fascists have taken over

quote:

hubieran matado a los seis campesinos sin darles tiempo para confesar

situation and quote for…

elites making the priest do their dirty work

situation:

making plans to kill Paco

quote:

Pedia al cura que fuera a parlamentar con Paco

situation and quote for…

MM acknowledging their innocence

situation:

P’s death

quote:

Todos sois inocentes

main characteristics of MM

coward

passive

hypocritical

situation and quote for…

first line of book

situation:

priest waiting for the start of Paco’s mass

quote:

El cura esperaba sentado en un sillon con la cabeza inclinada sobre la casulla de los oficios de requiem

situation and quote for…

ref to salt of the earth

situation:

waiting for the mass and reflecting on his own childhood

quote:

estaba llegando - se decia - a esa edad en que la sal ha perdido su sabor

situation and quote for…

him pretending to care to appear christian

situation:

CAVE SCENE (went to give the extremauncion a un hombre moribundo)

quote:

MM tenia prisa por salir, pero lo disimulaba porque aquella prisa le parecia poco cristiana

situation and quote for…

priest dismissing poverty

situation:

cave scene

quote:

La vida es asi y Dios que la ha hecho sabe por que

situation and quote for…

blaming the poor for their poverty

situation:

cave scene

quote:

Cuando Dios permite la pobreza y el dolor - dijo - es por algo

situation and quote for…

him not liking the part of the ballad about him

situation:

waiting for Paco’s mass with the other senoritos and the altar boy

quote:

el cura queria evitar que el monaguillo dijera la parte del romance en la que se hablaba de el

situation and quote for…

tricking paco’s parents

situation:

talking to Paco’s dad to try and find Paco’s whereabouts to betray him

quote:

MM dio la impresion de que sabia donde estaba escondido Paco

situation and quote for…

revealing Paco’s location

situation:

centurion pressuring him asking where Paco was hidden

quote:

Entonces MM revelo el escondite de Paco

situation and quote for…

emotional blackmail (abusing Paco’s selflessness)

situation:

priest tryna convince Paco to go with him (but that will be to his execution - he doesn’t know)

quote:

piensa en tu familia y en que no merecen pagar por ti

situation and quote for…

guilty look about MM

situation:

convincing Paco to follow him to his fate

quote:

Viendolo MM le encontraba un aire culpable

situation and quote for…

grasshopper reference

situation:

waiting for the mass to start in the church - opening scene

quote:

un saltamontes atrapado entre las ramitas de un arbusto trataba de escapar, y se agitaba desesperadamente

situation and quote for…

no light even when priest entered

situation:

cave scene

quote:

no habia luz ni agua ni fuego

situation and quote for…

v keen to eat partridges (symbol of betrayal in spanish literature)

situation:

dinner after Paco’s baptism

quote:

MM se servia poco, reservandose para las perdices

main characteristics of Paco

brave

altruistic/selfless

active

situation and quote for…

contrasting prev statement ab MM

situation:

Paco’s baptism

quote:

el nino habia sacado la lengua para recoger la sal

situation and quote for…

love btw P and MM

situation:

MM waiting for the mass + remembering P’s life

quote:

Queria al muchacho, y el nino le queria a el

situation and quote for…

assumes everyone is friends w MM

situation:

asking the shoemaker questions after going to the priests house (he went there often)

quote:

— Ya veo que eres muy amigo de MM

— Y usted no? —preguntaba el chico

situation and quote for…

even wants the animals to live fairly

situation:

walking to school

quote:

Paco andaba por entonces muy atareado tratando de convencer al perro de que el gato de la casa tenia tambien derecho a la vida

situation and quote for…

will take trouble to protect others

situation:

being questioned for having a gun on him

quote:

lo llevaba para evitar que lo usaran otros chicos peores

situation and quote for…

cave scene influencing P’s attitudes to rest of life

situation:

MM reflecting on Paco’s life

quote:

Pensaba que aquella visita de Paco a la cueva influyo mucho en todo lo que habia de sucederle despues

situation and quote for…

slowly drifting from religion

situation:

after the cave scene

quote:

Poco a poco se fue alejando el muchacho de MM

situation and quote for…

active part in social justice

situation:

talking with his dad about the land rent system

quote:

Paco creia que aquello no era cabal

situation and quote for…

explicitly told P is brave

situation:

after he stood up to the civil guards after he broke curfew

quote:

Aquel incidente dio a Paco cierta fama de mozo atrevido

situation and quote for…

good social reputation P has

situation:

after Paco is elected as leader of the village

quote:

Atribuian a Paco todas las arrogancias y desplantes a los que no se atrevian los demas. Querian en el carasol a la familia de Paco

situation and quote for…

thinks tradition can + should be changed

situation:

arguing with DV about changing the land rent system

quote:

Lo que hicieron los hombres, los hombres lo deshacen

situation and quote for…

thinking ab family while he’s in danger

situation:

MM trying to lead P to his execution

quote:

No les ha pasado nada?

situation and quote for…

aligned to Jesus in final moments

situation:

his execution

quotes:

sacaron a Paco y a otros dos campesinos de la carcel

Usted sabe que soy inocente

El me denuncio…, MM, MM

situation and quote for…

swam in the baths

situation:

distancing himself from religion after the cave scene

quote:

Paco el del Molino fue una tarde alli a nadar

situation and quote for…

P elected to power

situation:

they are finding out who was elected

quote:

El muchacho fue elegido

situation and quote for…

endearing address

situation:

meal after baptism

quote:

Aqui el otro padre, MM

situation and quote for…

priest dismissing/justifying poverty

situation:

cave scene

quote:

hay cosas peores que la pobreza

situation and quote for…

ppl going to mass more out of obligation than faith

situation:

P distancing himself after the cave visit

quote:

Los domingos iba a la misa — en verano faltaba alguna vez —, y para Pascua confesaba y comulgaba, cada ano

situation and quote for…

P’s dad’s ops on the church

situation:

P and his dad talking ab the things MM says

quote: (P’s dad says it)

Veo que a Mosen Millan le gusta hablar mas de la cuenta

situation and quote for…

eyes closed (recurring theme)

situation:

waiting for the mass to start

quotes:

no abria los ojos

volvio a cerrar los ojos y a apoyar la cabeza en el muro

situation and quote for…

priest not happy ab people having more power

situation:

P announcing new plans for a land reform

quote:

El cura estaba perplejo

situation and quote for…

ppl stop gifting the church

situation:

change starting to take place in the town

quote:

Aquel ano se desentendio el alcalde, y los campesinos siguieron su ejemplo

situation and quote for…

MM lying + manipulating

situation:

MM tryna find out where Paco is (from his dad)

quote:

MM dio la impression de que sabia donde estaba escondido Paco

situation and quote for…

MM knows P’s life is in his hands

situation:

MM about to be asked by the centurion ab where Paco is

quote:

Quiza de aquella respuesta dependiera la vida de Paco

situation and quote for…

light coming from outside the church

situation:

they are waiting for the start of the mass and there is a horse in the church

quote:

Cuando las grandes hojas estuvieron abiertas el potro miro extranado aquel torrente de luz

el templo volvio a quedar en sombras

main characteristics of SC

turncoat (sticks with whoever is on the up)

spanish = CHAQUETERA

situation and quote for…

takes no clear sides

situation:

opening scene

quote:

La tercera familia rica, la del senor Castulo Perez, no era ni amiga ni enemiga

situation and quote for…

him at Paco’s wedding

situation:

Paco’s wedding

quote:

Llegaba con dos floreros de porcelana

situation and quote for…

psychological profile of SC

situation:

P’s wedding

quotes:

un caracter fuerte. Se veia con ojos frios y escrutadores

respetos no eran muchos