So…Rosaura. The character who takes the main male character (despite knowing that her sister loves him) in the story and is punished for doing so.
Why does Rosaura simply stand by and watch her husband flirt with her sister? Why does she not take action like the woman she plans to grow up to be (Mama Elena)? Does she lack the essential guts to stand up to her sister? Is this reflective of Mama Elena’s possible fear of Rosaura?
I just dumped a cold bucket of raw questions on your head…and only the first few will have to deal with my point. I apologize.
Anyways, continuing with my point…I do not understand why Rosaura is keeping PEdro…is it for her pride? She showed no signs of loving him, but rather simply wanting to possess what her sister(Tita) wanted to possess. Does she not feel flicked off by Pedro everytime he refuses to talk to her or have sex with her without the sheet? Is Rosaura so desperate to keep her pride and outdo her sister that she would put up with Pedro not loving her? I suspect that the high pride that Mama Elena keeps has influenced Rosaura to be the same. She feels favoured, compared to Tita, and wants to keep that image. Pride is something we all have to a certain degree, and I certainly have a huuuuge pride. However, if someone did not love me and I still pursued them, trying to convince others that I was still with this person, I think I would be destroying my pride more than keeping it. What do you think are the motives behind Rosaura’s actions?
January 24, 2007 at 4:14 am
After reviewing my post, I think it was pretty poorly done with little meat in it.
IF you look at the entire history of Rosaura and Tita, you notice that although Rosaura is favoured, she is still jealous of Tita. Mama Elena may not be aware of it, but she still positions Rosaura ahead of Tita. Clearly, this is not level ground, but unlike many stories, Tita does not work her way up, she is a revolutionist. The emotion/love is already on her side with Pedro loving her, but she has to break free of Mama Elena’s bond. It’s like how James Bond has to work up to save the day…but the day is already saved and he is in a rift that is keeping him from getting to the end of the day. He must defeat the pull of the rift and come to the saved day. Honestly, that is how I would put it to make a simple person understand. This story is very very different.
Back to Rosaura…after she had already had a child with Pedro, why would she stay with him if she knew he loved her sister? She married to defeat her sister, rather than love. She hardly knew Pedro! If she wanted to try to crush Tita…well she couldn’t. If she left Pedro, then Tita still wouldn’t care that he had already had sex with Rosaura. If Rosaura stayed, as she did, she would suffer with not being loved. Why did she take the long way out and get attached to Pedro rather than seek a man she loved?