acto primero

• the first act starts with a description of the luxurious ___ ___?

  family home
• the interior is described as '_____' which may reflect the many ____ that would weigh on women at the time, it can also represent ____ and contrasts with the ___ ___ of mourning , and lastly, it can represent ____?

  blanquisima, expectations, purity, dark colours, marriage
• muros gruesos?

  thick walls
• why is is interesting that there are thick walls in the family home?

  it creates an atmopshere in which women at the time felt they couldn't escape and they were restricted to their household chores
• madronos?

  tassels
• why is the play initially set inside?

  to create an atmosphere of privacy
• inverosímiles?

  unreallsitic
• the paintings in the house: 'paisajes inverosímiles' were unrealsitic, why is this important?

  gives off irony, as we are reading a very real play
• umbroso?

  brooding
• there was 'un ___ ____' en la casa, which can represent a lack of ____?

  gran silencio, voice
• telón?


  stage
• anea?

  rush-bottomed
• doblar?

  to toll
• gruesos?

  flounces
• criada y poncia son?

  servants
• 'las ____' which is the only sound at the start of this play, represent a more ____ _____?

  campanas, religious setting
• Bernarda is first described as a ____ and ____ creature?

  bossy, demeening
• bernada is called ___________ and____________?

  mandona, dominanta
• there are colours such as ____, ____ , green and red that all have their different meanings, these are recurring ____?

  black, white, symbols
• What could white represent ?

  la puresa
• What can the green represent ?

  la vitalidad, la naturaleza, la vida
• What can the red represent ?

  la passion
• What can black represent ?

  el luton
• Hay un simbolo de ___, mientras que el ____ en el pozo non_____, todavia puede representar la ____ y _____?

  agua, agua, mueve , vitalidad, movimiento
• la casa puede representar la ____ y la ____?

  represion, privacidad