(Originais Teachy 2024) - Question Medium of Spanish

During a class on contemporary Iberian literature, students were challenged to analyze a passage from a famous work by the author Miguel de Unamuno, titled 'San Manuel Bueno, Mártir', which addresses existential and religious issues in a rural Spanish context. The passage describes the protagonist's paradoxical experience, a priest who, despite doubting the existence of God, maintains an unwavering image of faith before the community. In one of the chapters, Unamuno uses the compound conditional to express the priest's dilemmas and the consequences of his future actions, revealing the character's uncertainty about his purpose in life. Based on the understanding of the use of the compound conditional in Spanish and literary interpretation, identify the passage that best exemplifies the application of this verb tense and explain how it reflects the character's internal conflict between his beliefs and the need to comfort the faithful. Additionally, discuss how analyzing this passage can be enriched by the historical and social context of early 20th-century Spain, the time when Unamuno wrote the work, considering the intellectual and religious movement of Modernism.