The House of Bernarda Alba Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis of The House of Bernarda Alba.

The House of Bernarda Alba Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis of The House of Bernarda Alba.
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The House of Bernarda Alba

Summary: Analyzes the protagonist and antagonist of the play, The House of Bernarda Alba, by Federico Garcia Lorca. Summarizes the plot of the story.
The play "The House Of Bernarda Alba" gives an interesting portrayal of a middle class home consisting entirely of women. The plot is set in a small town, middle class house in a society dominated by men. It is believed to be set somewhere in Spain in the 1930s. The play was written in a time when the suppression of woman was still strong. The mother, the head of the household, does everything she believes is necessary to keep her house within a good social standing in the town. The mother had become the master of the house after her husband died, which makes her work harder to keep a good reputation for her house of women. Looking deeper into the story one might find two sides to the dilemmas that cover the house. There are protagonists, principle characters in a story, and antagonists, characters that act adversaries...

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