Las Ruinas Del corazon Flashcards
Who wrote “Las Ruinas Del corazon”
Eric Gamalinda
Who is Juana the Mad?
The main character in the poem
The woman who married the king of Spain, Philip, and ate his corpse
What did she pray for?
She prayed for her husband to come home
To whom did juana prayed?
Saint Ursula
Saint Susana
How old was Philip the handsome when he died?
28
How did juana treat her husband’s corpse at first?
“She wrapped/ his body in oils and lavender, and laid him out in a casket of lead,// and build a marble effigy of the young monarch in his sleep,/ and beside it her own dead figure, so he would never think// he was alone” (Gamalinda 117).
How and why does a chef peek into his pot?
To keep an eye on the food
To check whether the food is ready
What did Juana do in order to possess Philip entirely?
She ate him
Why did juana ask to have her tale hidden?
Because no one will understand her love and will only think of her to be insane, because her love is not normal
