It’s a shame you’re losing all respect for me.”
Duke of Rivas
You know what happened to Don Álvaro, the Duke of Rivas, don’t you? I am not talking about the fact that at the end of the play, in a burst of theatrical romanticism, he committed suicide, but about this scene in which, upon the arrival of the impressive Duke of Calatrava, he throws the pistol at the ground. and he shoots when he falls and kills the nobleman. To this scene. I don’t know why this image came to mind when I saw the irremediable nature of Ábalos’ accusation: this smoking gun which, when it falls, shoots and kills the person with the highest status. higher. There is smoking hot metaphorical evidence in the hands of characters who are going bad and who are going to do worse. Be careful with shots, accidental or not, especially if they hit a target.