That is, Unamuno was a professor of Greek and would have been incredibly familiar with the patterns of Greek tragedy (LaRubia-Prado 223). LaRubia-Prado and Sigmund Freud argue that, although it is highly likely that Don Manuel is a parallel to Christ, Unamuno primarily uses Don Manuel's struggle as another characteristic of the tragic hero. Don Manuel, as a tragic hero, could not tell the villagers about his beliefs because his suffering was necessary to become “the redeemer of the chorus.” Furthermore, according to LaRubia-Prado, the tragic death of Don Manuel has two effects: “it hides from the people the “crime” committed with his own birth and, secondly, it prevents them from committing the crime committed by Don Manuel himself – the crime that they would certainly commit, as human beings, if they saw the face of God" (LaRubia-Prado