Muleta the bull's spinal cord with a second sword, killing it instantly. The task of killing the bull is given to the matador alone; his title means literally "killer". Muleta A muleta is a stick with a red cloth hanging from it that is used in the final third ("tercio de muleta" or "de muerte") of a bullfight. It is different from the cape used by the matador earlier in the fight ("capote de brega"). The muleta obscures the sword, and as in his earlier work with the cape, the bullfighter uses it to attract the bull in a series of
A Piece of Monologue A Piece of Monologue A Piece of Monologue is a fifteen-minute play by Samuel Beckett. Written between 2 October 1977 and 28 April 1979 it followed a request for a “play about death” by the actor David Warrilow who starred in the premiere in the Annex at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York on 14 December 1979. The light fades up on a room in which a white-haired old man – identified simply as Speaker – stands motionless facing a blank wall. To his left is a standard lamp the same height as the actor with a globe about