What skills and experience enabled Doña Marina to act as an intermediary between the Spanish and the Aztecs? Based on the evidence, what role did she play in interactions between the Spanish and the Aztecs?

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20 May, 08:02

What skills and experience enabled Doña Marina to act as an intermediary between the Spanish and the Aztecs? Based on the evidence, what role did she play in interactions between the Spanish and the Aztecs?

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Answer: La Malinche or Doña Marina or Malinalli or Malintzin was a Nahua woman (from the Mexican Gulf coast) who played a really important role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. La Malinche was an interpreter advisor, confident and lover for the Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés. She was given as a present as a slave by the natives of Tabasco along other wowen (there were 20 women in total including her). She gave birth to Cortes's first son, Martin, who is considered one of the first mestizos (half-blooded) of Mexico.

Explanation: La Malinche or Doña Barbara played a crucial role in the conquest, giving valuable advice to Hernán Cortés and serving as a reliable interpreter to him. Her role is nowadays controversial because some people think that she incarnates the treason to native Mexicans.