De Sal and Arena on stage as an analysis of the role of being a woman

Abstract

Malintzin was a Nahua woman interpreter and adviser to Hernán Cortés, around her, throughout the centuries, different analyzes and conjectures have been established, about whether she was a wise adviser or a traitor. What does this significantly symbolic woman represent for the female collective unconscious in Mexico? A literate and polyglot woman who could not achieve a higher hierarchy than that of being a companion. The Látex-UAQ Theater Laboratory carried out a staging entitled "De Sal y Arena" based on the conquest, which sought to reflect both the Spanish vision (those of Sal), and the vision of the original peoples (those of Arena), motivating a reflection on the richness of the miscegenation of which we are heirs. Malintzin also stood out as a protagonist who, due to his command of languages and his ability to understand both cultures, allowed him to act as an intermediary between those from Sal and those from Arena.

KEYWORDS: Malintzin, stereotypes, woman, gender, scene.