Fuente Ovejuna
Oftentimes, social movements occur as a result of injustices felt by the lower classes of society. Usually, such struggles can be classified as either reformist or revolutionary. Reformists accept the general framework of a social arrangement, but consider it capable of improvement or reform. Revolutionaries, on the other hand, insist that an institution be replaced, a government overthrown. Thought it is important that one distinguishes between the two when studying a social movement, it is often very difficult to do so. Every social movement undergoes the pull of both reformism and revolutionism, and with varying strength at different times. In Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna, the peasant rebellion can be considered revolutionary as it ends with the murder of Commander Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, a high-ranking member of society.
The Grand Commander Fernán Gómez mistreats most of the inhabitants of Fuente Ovejuna, leading them to band together and kill him. He maltreats the......
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