Characters:  Zorro-1 = Wealthy Don who fights for Justice & 'traitor to his class;
Zorro-2 = lumpen-proletariat taught by Z-1 = Alejandro.  
Elena = Daughter of Z-1;  
Don Rafael = Spanish Governor of Mexico         
Santa Ana = Mexican General leading Revolution. 
Captain Love = Hired mercenary working for Don Rafael after Rafael returns from Spain; 
Assorted Dons who were given Grants by Rafael which stole the land from the peasants.
Padres: two or three Catholic Priests who help Z-1 and Z-2...see Liberation Theology: 3-fingered Jack = Brother of Alejandro...bandit..see pre-theoretic rebellion

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ON THE WORKSHEET:

1.  What economic formation exists at the start of the movie: 5 choices beginning with Hunting and Gathering...

2. What political economy exists at the start of the movie: 5 choices beginning with primitive communism and going on to capitalism.  What was the political economy at the mine?

3. What is the stratification system at the start of the movie: Choices: Caste, Class, Gender and Ethnic/racist.
4. What is the Social Estate of Zorro-1 at the beginning of the movie...in prison...at the castle of Don Rafael?
5. What is the social role of Don Rafael during the Spanish control of Mexico?   ...after he returns?
6.  What is the social status of Z-2 as a boy?  as a young man?     ...as Z-2?
7.  Who was Elena's father...think sociologically...not biologically!

8.  Emancipation of the senses:  Patriarchy represses the sexuality/sensuality of 'good' women.  Look for the scenes in which a 'lady' behaved improperly for the first time in the movie...or had 'impure' thoughts.  How were her senses 'liberated'...her physical capacities? ...her sensuality?  her sexuality?

9. Banditry.  Most elements of the lumpenproletariat steal from others poorer or weaker than they; some elements steal from landowners...at what point in time did the future Zorro-2 engage in banditry.

10. Pre-theoretical rebellion.  Stealing from the rich does not change class or caste relationships. To do so, however satisfying to an audience, is pre-theoretic rebellion.  At what point in time did Zorro-2 begin to engage in theoretically informed resistance?  Which of the three brothers embody a hopeless romantic gesture to rebel against authority?  The scene occurs at the mine.   Which brother turns to alcohol as a pre-theoretic way to cope with oppression.

11. Defect of the Intelligentsia.  Some elements of class, race and gender elites leave [defect] from their class strata and begin to work for the general emancipation of all.  Which Zorro defected from the upper strata of feudalism.

12. Functions of Deviancy.  Durkheim lists four functions of deviancy on p. 131.  Of the four, which best fits the deviancy of Zorro-1 and Zorro-2.

13. Sociology of Law.  Table 6, p. 139.  Marxian theory of law provides reason for the Zorros of the world to violate the law...why is that...see the three theory paradigms in table 6.

14. The feudal system, a caste system, requires labor from serfs.   What kind of labor was required of Zorro-1 when he posed as a servant?     What kind was required of peasants when the Rafael returned from Spain.

15. Emancipatory theatre...When did Zorro-2 use emancipatory dramaturgy?  Exploitative Dramaturgy?

16.  Feminism.  What kind of feminism did Elena embody?  four choices beginning with Traditional.

17. Feminism.  Feminists argue, p. 258, that the gender division of labor should be dismantled.  Was it dismantled for Elena by the end of the movie?

18.  Genital sexuality. Freud points out that some men, fixated at the genital stage of sexual maturity, use phallic substitute; horses, fast cars, guns, cigarettes   Look for the scenes in which Zorro-2 uses phallic substitutes to prove his manhood....There are several.

19.  Cannibalism.  Pre-modern people sometime eat the body parts of enemies in order to take on their courage.  Which character in the movie used body parts to give him a false courage?

20. Legal-rational authority.  Weber speaks of rational-legal authority...p. 281.  Which character used L-R authority to exploit peasants?

21. Charismatic authority, p. 323...those who embody cherished values or the hope for a better life embody charisma.  In what scene did people first respond to charismatic authority?

22. Traditional Authority.  Parents, priests, princes and professors embody traditional authority.  Who rebelled against traditional authority...there are several examples in the movie.

23. Liberation theology, p. 321.  Marx held that religion was the opiate of the masses; the sigh of an oppressed people; the heart of a heartless world.   Yet there were two times when priests defected from the authority of feudal lords...watch for them.

24. Total institutions.  In which scene did we see people subjected to total control by force.

25.  Feudalism is a totalitarian system in which politics regulates people on behalf of an elite p. 284.  In which scenes were people forced to assemble and humble themselves to political authority?

26. Self-fulfilling prophecy.  Social facts become real in the consequence of their being defined as real...which character defined himself as a 'father' and, in the consequence became one?

27. Social Change.  David Aberle, p. 415, lists the forms of social change.  Which did the landlords want?  Which did the people want?   Which does the church offer?  Which did Zorro-1 work for?

28. Bourgeois democracy.  Marxists refer to bourgeois democracy...in the movie, some people worked to replace feudalism with private ownership of land by making California an independent state...bourgeois democracy.  Which people worked for b. democracy? 

29. Surplus population.  As land is converted from common ownership to private ownership, a surplus population, divorced from the means of producing goods, develops.  Which characters in the movie were without land, family, work or religion?

30. Forms of war: predatory raids; colonial domination, anti-colonial rebellion, capitalist expansion and socialist 'liberation.'  This war was the war in which Mexicans under Santa Ana drove the Spanish out...and took the Alamo from the Texans who were trying to steal part of Mexico.

31.  Forms of Crime:  Street crime, organized crime, corporate crime, political crime.  Which forms of crime drive the action in this movie?

32. Theory of the State.  Marxian theory of the State is that the state works on behalf of the wealthy.  What is the truth value of that theory in Colonial Mexico? ...in the 'free California' of Don Rafael?

33. Demagoguery...promises made to the people by a politician who wins support and then betrays the people who gave their support...Who was the demagogue in this movie?  Zorro?  Don Rafael?  The Catholic Priest?  Who?

34. Surplus exploitation...when people produce wealth and get only enough to live on...that is exploitation; when they don't get enough to live on, that is SUPER-exploitation...look for it in the movie.

35. Solidarity.  There are several instances in which characters in the movie demonstrate solidarity with Zorro...look for these occasions.

36.  What kind of power(s) were used to get the crowd together to greet Don Rafael when he returned from Spain?

37. Forms of Power...Z-1 taught Z-2 how to use physical power effectively; what other kind of power did Z-2 need to get inside the inner circle?

38.  Z-2 profanes religion...when and where did he do that?  See notes on Durkheim?