Rozita is a young beautiful girl living in a close society with strict religious principles. The only way to escape from the oppressive home is get married. However, the fianc? she has been waiting for many years never comes. Thus, the year pass and Rozita stays an old maid. Lorca writes for his hero: "A blossom red in the morning, more red in the afternoon, white in the evening and withers at night. This blossom is the symbol of the idea that I wanted to express, a symbol that my hero will accomplish not only once in the play".