[31.4] =a los hombres os parece= 'you men think.' When a noun is in apposition with a personal pronoun, it is regularly preceded by the article, because it is used in a general sense: 'to [all you] men.' [31.5] =pasarás por= 'you will be regarded as.' See page 21, note 3. [32.1] =Pepe.= Being put before =lo= (instead of after =deseando=), =Pepe= seems to be left suspended; it is necessarily followed by a very slight pause and is to be stressed. [32.2] =No digas.= Supply =que no= or =nada=. The idea is that the speaker rejects any contradiction or attempt at denial on the part of the interlocutor. 'Don't contradict me.' Cf. page 6, note 8. [32.3] =la toman.= The feminine of a pronoun is often used to indicate something indefinite. Some feminine noun may be understood to explain the gender; =cosa= is frequently suggested. Often we cannot know what noun (if any) is to be supplied. See vocabulary under =tomar=. [33.1] =donde... tenga=. Equivalent to a relative clause (=donde= = =en= + relative pronoun) requiring the subjunctive because =tener= (=tenga=) expresses not reality but an ideal yet to be fulfilled. [33.2] =aguantaba.= See page 9, note 1. The sentence is ironical; =cualquiera=, therefore, has the implication of _nobody_. [34.1] =Y aun piden las mujeres que os concedan.= An abrupt change, natural in conversation, from the third person to the second. LOS INTERESES CREADOS Hardly any of Benavente's plays has made a more favorable impression than =Los intereses creados=. Not only were the first performances enthusiastically received by the audiences, but they called forth highly flattering criticisms. Praise was showered upon the author for his simplicity and idealism, for the effective symbolism conveyed in the characters, and for purity, clearness, and poetry of style. (See the first note, on =el tinglado de la antigua farsa=, page 39, note 2.) So great was the admiration that a banquet was given in honor of Benavente. The first performance of the play was in the Teatro Lara, situated on the Corredera Baja de San Pablo, considerably to the north of the Puerta del Sol; the Teatro Lara is devoted to comedy and especially to short productions. Literally translated, the title is 'Created Interests'; in the course of the play Crispín explains the application of the term. _Los intereses creados_ is a product of enthusiasm. The author is glad for once to turn away from modern themes and to indulge in the freedom and gayety of the old Italian Comedy of Masks. The masterly prologue explains to perfection the frame of mind in which Benavente approaches the old farces, and it also shows wherein he differs from his models.