La bella Susona tells the story of a young Jewish woman from Seville in the 15^th century, who betrayed her father and reveals to her lover the existence of a plot, in which her father was the ringleader. The members of the group of conspirators are arrested and executed. Susona, ostracised by her people, converted to Christianity, but they too, like her beloved, despised her. The dejected Susona retired to a convent and ordered to place her head above the door of her home upon her death.