Friday, March 15, 2013

Describe the ceremony before and during the final bullfight in The Sun Also Rises.

Sword-handlers and bull-ring servants came down into the
bull-ring carrying wicker baskets of fighting capes and muletas. The sword handlers
opened the sword cases and propped them up against the fence. They unfolded the muletas
and attached them to batons. The names of the bull fighters are stencilled on all of the
capes and muletas. Then the music started and the bull fighters all walked into the
ring. There was a great procession of bull fighters, picadors, mules, and bull-ring
servants. The matadors bowed before the President's box and tipped their hats. Romer
took off his cape and gave it to his sword-handler, and the sword-handler gave the cape
to Brett. Romero was dedicating the bull to her, which is part of the tradition. Then
Romero poured water on his cape to weight it down so it would be easy to handle in the
wind. There were three bull fighters, and the first one, Belmonte (a has-been) fights
the first bull.


Belmonte is past his prime, and the people
are not happy with his performance because it is good, but not great. The third bull
fighter is Marcial, but he is not as good as either Belmonte or Romero. Romero is the
last one to do, and his performance is brilliant. There is a very long description of
how he artistically fights the bull and wins.

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