The seventeenthcentury Mexican poet playwright and nun Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz is best known for her secular works most notably her damning indictment of male double standards Hombres necios Stupid Men. However her autos sacramentales allegorical oneact plays on the Eucharist have received little attention and have only been discussed individually and out of sequence. By examining them as a collection in their original order their meaning and importance are revealed.show more