A-level Spanish La Casa de Bernarda Alba Full Analysis

This resource contains a complete and in-depth review of La Casa de Bernarda Alba in-line with the A-level Spanish syllabus.

This resource goes through all of the characters in the play, including Bernarda Alba, María Josefa, Angustias, La Poncia, Martirio, Amelia, Magdalena, Adela, Prudencia, Pepe el Romano. All of these characters have a full character-analysis which links into the themes of the play, and also key quotations and characteristics of each character. There is a whole page full of details dedicated to each character.

The presentation also mentions las mujeres de luto, el amante de Martirio, la Hija de Librada, and Paca la Roseta.

This resource also contains an in-depth analysis of all the themes separately, with each page containing a spider-diagram which includes an analysis of the theme, characters who represent the theme, and key metaphors throughout the play which refer to the themes. The themes covered are religion, classes, gender, repression, politics, censorship, poverty and love.

Last, but not least, the presentation covers the context of the play. Andalucia, el cortejo and the Spanish Civil War are all contexts mentioned in the presentation which influence “La Casa de Bernarda Alba”. The presentation uses spider-diagrams to explore these contexts further, making historical references and linking them to key characters in the play.

The whole of this resource is produced in Spanish, apart from a few places where English is used for clarification.