major theme is family and how it relates to tradition and culture. La Maestra was the schoolteacher in the town where she lived, and before that her mother was the first schoolteacher of the town; her mother taught her how to be a teacher and then La Maestra became a teacher just as her mother had done before her. Political themes linked to the play include the military and the government. Social themes in the play are violence and rape. The military dictatorship during the 1960s used excessive force as well as violence when they encroached upon towns, as they did in the town of “Hope”. References ""LA MAESTRA" : GUIÓN DRAMÁTICO." VNIVERSITAS. Web. 23 Nov. 2011. <https://web.archive.org/web/20110923153136/http://alvarogomezcastro.over-blog.es/article--la-maestra-guion-dramatico-42422872.html>. Wallace, Penny A.. "Enrique Beunaventura's Papeles del Infierno" Latin American Theater Review(1975): 37–46. Colombian plays