Flowering Judas Analysis. Virginia quarterly review autumn 1960 flowering judas is a study of the utter irrelevance even malevolence of the northern reformer in their midst mexicans cubans spaniards. Taking a cue from judas who revealed christ s identity to his persecutors with a kiss flowering judas by katherine anne porter a short story published in 1930 revolves around the theme of betrayal.
Laura an adventurous young woman from the southwest u s. Of the terrible dry laura the implacable yankee virgin who works for communism because she wants to destroy the world. Thus the post revolutionary mexico of flowering judas is one of fragile political stability marked by cynicism corruption and turmoil.
Taking a cue from judas who revealed christ s identity to his persecutors with a kiss flowering judas by katherine anne porter a short story published in 1930 revolves around the theme of betrayal.
Has an identity crisis questioning her own values and her involvement in the mexican. Taking a cue from judas who revealed christ s identity to his persecutors with a kiss flowering judas by katherine anne porter a short story published in 1930 revolves around the theme of betrayal. For each quote you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon like this one. All page numbers and citation info for the quotes below.