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Rachel Viets Intro to Comparative Literature 2/28/14 Midterm Essay The House of Bernarda Alba is a drama depicting the lives of women in villages of Spain during the 20th century. The play begins by the mother, Bernarda, issuing a seven-year mourning period upon her family of five daughters after the death of her beloved spouse. The isolation inside this house causes tensions to rise, and a thematic struggle between freedom and captivity becomes apparent as emotions start to snowball out

| Analysis of extract from ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ | Act Three, pages 95 to 99 | | | English: World Literature: 2c Word Count: 1414 | BERNARDA: What does Pepe have to say? ANGUSTIAS: I find him distracted. He always talks to me as if his mind is on something else. If I ask him what’s wrong, he says: ‘We men have our own problems.’ BERNARDA: You shouldn’t ask him. And when you marry, less still. Speak if he speaks, and look at him when he looks at you. Do that and you

The House of Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca was born in 1898 and died in 1936, he lived through one of the most troubling times of Spain's history. He grew up in Granada, Spain, and enjoyed the lifestyle and countryside of Spain. His father was a wealthy farmer and his mother was a school teacher and encouraged his love of literature, art, and music. He was an extremely talented man. A respectable painter, a fine pianist, and an accomplished writer. He was close friends with some of

Federico Garcia Lorca's “The House of Bernarda Alba” and Henrik Ibsen's “A Doll's House” both protest against the confinement of women of their days. Although the Houses are set differently in Spain of 20th century and Norway of 19th century respectively, both the plays relate in illuminating their respective female protagonists, Adela and Nora, as they eventually develop a sense of individuality and self-expression and emerge as free individuals from repression. The authors’ attempts allow the reader

The work of Federico García Lorca, "La Casa de Bernarda Alba", is open to many interpretations due to its profound symbolic nature. It gives an interesting representation of a middle-class house consisting entirely of women. The plot takes place in a small city, a middle class house in a society dominated by men. It is believed that it was established somewhere in Spain in the 1930s. The work was written at a time when the suppression of women was still strong. Mother Bernarda, the head of the house

Dreams of Madness: The True Misery in The House of Bernarda Alba In The House of Bernarda Alba society revolves around repression and subdual. Alternative thoughts are often seen as mad and individuality is unheard of, yet further hopes and dreams are still held by some. The ruthless matriarch of the household, Bernarda, is often heard bellowing “I will haunt your dreams.” (“The House of Bernarda Alba, 276”) In such society where dreams represent freedom from said repression, Bernarda blinds herself

FEMALE OPPRRESSION IN LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA Katarina Milosevic In this essay, female oppression in La Casa de Bernarda Alba will be discussed and analyzed. However, in order to be able to understand the importance of this theme and the impact it has had on the play, one must first understand the role of female oppression in the Spanish society in the 1930s. The 1930s were a period of many changes in Spain, especially because Francisco Franco started ruling the country and the political problems

House of Bernarda Alba, life and death are significant concepts. Life is meaningless in Godot as they merely wait until death, whilst Bernarda Alba depicts futility of life without passion, love or freedom. The House of Bernarda Alba, through Adela’s rebellious spirit signifies living a life that is passionate, while in Waiting for Godot Beckett seems to imply that life is meaningless. Whilst Waiting for Godot focuses more on the metaphorical aspect of death, The House of Bernarda Alba takes on the literal

Federico Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba and Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits Society, and its influences upon the characters, plays a pivotal role in the development of the story in Federico Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba" and Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits." Though the characters in each literary work were influenced by a range of societal pressures, three major influences dominate both works. The Church, male dominance over women, and socio-economic status

Henrik Isben's A Doll’s House and Frederico Garcia's The House of Bernarda Alba The House of Bernarda Alba and A Doll's House, by Frederico Garcia Lorca and Henrik Ibsen respectively, are two similar plays written at different times. In 1964, Frederico's The House of Bernarda Alba debuted in Madrid Spain, thirty-one years after it's birth in 1933. It pioneered the style of surrealistic imagery, popular folklore and was written in prose. A Doll's House was published in 1879 and appeared on stage