Conflicts In Lope De Vega's Fuenteovejuna

Lope de Vega is a Spanish playwright and was one of the important figures in the Spanish Golden Century of Baroque literature. He wrote a historical play named Fuenteovejuna and it was based on an uprising in the village of Fuenteovejuna in the year 1476; although this play was written in 1612 to 1614. Lope de Vega themes in playwrights were love and honor code, conflicts to be resolved and he always wanted to have a happy ending. It has been said that his female characters were amongst the best. One of the main focus on this playwright was that he had Spanish history and the cultural values. In this essay I will be discussing how he has interwoven history, elements and the honor code to develop conflicts and relationships within the play.
This playwright was based on an actual event that occurred in the village of Fuenteobejuna. I believe it was 150 years before the play was written. In this village there was Frondoso and Laurencie who loved each other and were on their way to marriage. This is mentioned because the author is known for writing about love. This comes to a halt when Fernan Gomes a commander of the army enters their village and acts as if he is better than everyone who lives in this village. The commander takes Laurencia away from her wedding to do what he wishes with her and has her soon to be husband imprisoned. As her father
I believe when the commandor walked in on the wedding he used language that was disrespectful (offending ones honor) and he used his power to imprison a lesser equal than himself. This developing a conflict when he imprisons the soon to be husband and takes the wife away to do as he pleases. Laurencia’s honor has been hurt so she stands up to the town and calls them names trying to get everyone on board for payback. Laurencia resolved her conflict by slaying the commandor and she wanted to involve the villagers to come along to seek revenge because he thought so poorly of