Unacceptable Liaisons

I agree with what everyone else has said. Lussurioso's obsession is founded in her purity. Were Castiza not a virgin, it would diminish the conquest in Lussurioso's eyes. Where's the fun in conquering an already conquered province? As far as class goes, sex does not connect people the way marriage would and therefore can happen between people of different classes. Lussurioso acknowledges his predicament to be one of lust. Having sex with someone of a lower class meant nothing more than satisfying a bodily urge. A woman is a woman, regardless of how much money she has or doesn't have. Marrying someone of a lower class would have meant connecting himself and his family with inferior people. That would have been unacceptable. Lussurioso came by this trait honestly. His father, the Duke, attempted to carry on an affair with Vindice's girlfriend. Vindice is of the same class as his sister and presumably his beloved would have been as well. The Duke also had a son with someone of a lower class. Lussurioso is merely behaving in the manner he's seen his father behave.