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
The Life of a Peasant Woman them mourning the fact that the team of punishers was not big enough. Another incident of the same kind takes place at the market square where a woman gets force-fed with a piece of soap she was trying to steal ("just to wash my baby's cloth," she sobs). The author runs to a local policeman asking to stop the outrage, but the latter, treating the guest to his wine, remarks: "Come on, they sure know better. And what could I possibly do? They are self-governed nowadays." "Self-government (samoupravle′nye) equals to self-handedness (samoupra′vstvo) in their minds," the author bitterly comments. There's