What is the significance of Buñuel's setting the opening sequence in a Catholic church on Holy Thursday, when the priest is washing the altar boys' feet?
Does Francisco feel attracted to the feet of the mysterious woman, to those of the altar boys, or both? What does this suggest about his eroticism?
What sort of ideal of femininity does Gloria represent for Francisco?
What is the significance of Francisco's taking Gloria to Guanajuato on their honeymoon?
How do Francisco's mansion and gardens mirror his psychological state?
What indications are there of Francisco's obsession with order?
What connections does the film suggest among obsessive compulsion, fetishism, jealousy and paranoia?
Are you persuaded by Evans' reading that Buñuel also means to suggest that Francisco is a victim of repressed homosexuality?
What role does voyuerism play in this film?
Why does Francisco take his bride up to the top of a church bell tower? Do you suppose this scene influenced Hitchcock in Vertigo?
What is the meaning of the increase in Expressionistic shadows in Francisco's domestic space, as the story continues?
Why does Raúl prove to be such a formidable rival for Francisco?
What is the significance of the scene in which Francisco enters his valet's bedroom at night?
In his final assault on Gloria, what does Francisco intend to do with the needle and thread? Why does he stop?
Do you believe that Francisco has been rehabilitated as a monk?
Are his suspicions regarding Gloria's fidelity proven valid?
How are we to interpret Francisco's walk in the final scene?