La Casa De Bernarda Alba

severa, dura, cruel, estricta - harsh / intolerant / strict

sexual repression vs passion

orgullosa

reputation

arrogant angry/bitter tradition

public image

honour

el qué dirán

Bernarda

authority vs. liberty/individuality

inconsciente - blind to the truth

subservient - servil

no son

role of women

importance of appearances

Temas

domestic saints or whores

inequality political ?

physically restrained

need for socialist changes foresaw Franco's dictatorship ?

mentally/emotioanlly free

María Josefa

Mad ? Sees the truth

Lack of love

Opposed to Bernarda's authority

money and power

in countryside class prejudice

mischievous innocence - la pureza

hates Bernarda snide comments knows what's going on

white

La Poncia

Monochrome = photo

cares about the honour of the family like a mother to the daughters

La Casa de Bernarda Alba

sarcastic

La sed

Simbolismo

Magdalena

innocent squabbling

no river

Angustias

naturally kind

her lie leads to Adels's suicide

nature green

hope - la esperanza

Heat of the house

sexual power

Martirio harvesters

contrast death

Ventanas/Reja - los ojos de la casa

idealistic romantic

sexual frustration

Stallion in the yard

Daughters

Martirio = martyr

determined

vitality

Stick

Amelia

jealous un pozo de veneno

death

sea - las emociones y la libertad Water = life

Angustias = anguish jealous

cleanliness - la esterilidad monotony

black

rich sickly

virginity

Adela starts as it ends

sensual

a death demands for silence = suppressed emotions - ausencia de comunicación

setting is like a prison/convent - las cadenas written in 1936

Notes

Left tried to improve status of women Right stopped this when in power from 1933

2nd Republic

Contexto

Liberty in cities but not in villages

La Casa de Bernarda Alba Summary.mmap - 27/06/2009 - Roger Knight - [email protected]

Lorca

homosexual suppressed like women ?

Conclusion

una crítica social