Compare And Contrast Malinche And Hernan Cortes

La Malinche and Hernan Cortes were two very important impact on history. Together they completed the “impossible”, defeating the Aztec empire. They could not have done this without one another. These two people have very much in common however are alike in many ways. Malinche was a Nahua woman that betrayed her own people to help Cortes gain alliances and defeat the city of Tenochtitlan. Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that Malinchi served as Cortes’ translator in the translator in the expedition to defeat the Aztec empire. Malinchi was betraying her own country to complete this task for Cortes. She translated for Cortes so he could gain alliances and use them to fight against the Aztecs because he
knew the hate that the Native Americans had towards the Aztecs. Hernan Cortes fought the Aztec Empire with 11 ships, 508 men, 100 sailors and 16 horses. He gained knowledge from the Indians to have a better chance in the expedition. Cortes later became ruler of this Mexican Empire. He began the fight by taking hostage Montezuma ( the Aztec leader ) and later defeating the empire. Even though these two are different in many ways. They both share a similar goal, to defeat the Aztec empire. During this training they both became interested in each and later gave birth to a son. They both were extremely intelligent because they did the impossible.