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Anaya's Tenorio As A Motif

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Anaya utilizes Tenorio as a recurring motif embodying the theme of evil and revenge. Although Tenorio has good reason to despise Ultima, he casts a blanket of hate over many other characters. Throughout the novel, Antonio views Tenorio as the true essence of evil, while he views Ultima as the essence of good. Anaya provides the reader with reasonable proof of Tenorio´s despicable nature. Praying on the dormant fears of normal people, he manages to turn them against Ultima under false accusations. As the reader, we can now confirm Tenorio as a spiteful antagonist. Much of Tenorio´s actions are driven by revenge. Anaya employs his spirit of revenge consistently to show his struggle against Antonio´s archetype of good: Ultima. I predict that Anaya

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