..that's the name of the theme/opening song for the telenovela Teresa. And as we learned in class, there's much to get and learn from just the song title itself. Straightaway, you can already assume that "esa hembra", referring to the main female protagonist, is "mala" or evil. The song is written in a third-person point-of-view that goes on to say :
"..ella esta tan bonita/
que hasta parce bendita/
pero es un angel caido/
ella es una maldicion.."
lyrics in Enlish: "..she is so beautiful/ she even appears holy/ but she is a fallen angel/ she is a curse.."
These few lines, I think, are the most defining of the telenovela's protagonist, Teresa. If you skip about 20 seconds into the video I have linked, you see Teresa. She is very attractive--an expected standard from the telenovela world. She is, however, somewhat of a "fallen angel" as it says in the opening song. Viewers at home can see that side of her more; characters in the novela cannot. Or better said, they are more prone to being ignorant of Teresa's greedy and manipulative nature. With her pretty face and acting skills, Teresa is particularly able to fool guys from realizing her true goals. The theme song makes it a point to say that Teresa is evil despite that she would "..give up her own life/ just to make you happy..". Because, really, making "you" happy will most likely means Teresa gets what she desires from you.
When I think of Teresa, I think of the other telenovela Rubi. These are women that are consumed with greed and envy for others around them. They are the kind of people that do anything and everything to get their way and do not care about who stands in their way. Interesting enough, these are the kind of telenovela that get my attention. When the protagonist have that evil and inciting twist to them.
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