... with this line she attaches herself more emotionally to the happenings with Pepe el Romano and the female desires of the girls. There is a lot of passion and emotion exploding from each of the sisters, and this line is representative of that fact. So Martirio may not have been physically hot as a result of the temperature, but she was too lustful and perhaps even sexually distracted to sleep. 'Martirio: They harvest right through the blazing heat.' - Act 2 page 145. This line is again spoken by Martirio, which is significant as on the next page we are told that Martirio has stolen Angustias's picture of Pepe el Romano, which links her even more into the love and relationship theme of the play. In this line Martirio is referring to the men who are going off to harvest the fields. Her words again have a double meaning. She ...

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