Repressed sexuality and Romani transgressions To appease Carmen and join her in her criminal pursuits, José abandons his former life, but when Carmen becomes bored with José and leaves him for the bullfighter Escamillo, he kills her in a jealous rage while declaring his passionate, obsessive love for her. But when Carmen attacks a woman with a knife (a stereotypical display of supposed Romani criminality), the officer of the guard, Zuniga, orders José to tie Carmen’s hands, an act that allows Carmen to ensnare and seduce José. José is at first resistant to Carmen when she sings the habanera ‘L’amour est un oiseau rebelle’.
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