As an example of the theme, Don Fernando relays his message of not wanting Dorothea by marrying someone else. The love she holds for Don Fernando is one of a kind, a one-sided love. Ever since he pulled out a ring, she feels as if she made a strong commitment to a man in return gave her none. As Dorothea is telling her story of how she was abandoned, she explains, “’That treacherous man visited me only once more though access was free to him, as I had become his own, and would remain so until he felt disposed to let the world know that I was his wife’” (Cervantes 154). When Fernando does not visit Dorothea, she becomes antsy. When she finds out he has married someone else, someone more beautiful than she, she breaks down because that woman is supposed to be her; she is the wife of the famous Don Fernando. A deceitful Dorothea reveals her colors for a manipulative Don Fernando when she tells her story of when he left her for Luscinda – a forced marriage. Dorothea’s love is desperate and Don Fernando’s love is put into the games he played with
As an example of the theme, Don Fernando relays his message of not wanting Dorothea by marrying someone else. The love she holds for Don Fernando is one of a kind, a one-sided love. Ever since he pulled out a ring, she feels as if she made a strong commitment to a man in return gave her none. As Dorothea is telling her story of how she was abandoned, she explains, “’That treacherous man visited me only once more though access was free to him, as I had become his own, and would remain so until he felt disposed to let the world know that I was his wife’” (Cervantes 154). When Fernando does not visit Dorothea, she becomes antsy. When she finds out he has married someone else, someone more beautiful than she, she breaks down because that woman is supposed to be her; she is the wife of the famous Don Fernando. A deceitful Dorothea reveals her colors for a manipulative Don Fernando when she tells her story of when he left her for Luscinda – a forced marriage. Dorothea’s love is desperate and Don Fernando’s love is put into the games he played with