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World Literature Assignment #2: REPRESSION AND UNATTAINABLE ESCAPE IN LORCA'S HOUSE OF BERNARDA AND WILLIAMS' GLASS MENAGERIE By Sharon Pao Word Count: 1,493 K. Lorenz Friday, February 01, 2008 IB English 12 HL Escape from repression is something everyone dreams of when repression becomes exhaustive. Characters from both modernistic plays, The House of Bernarda Alba by highly revered playwright, Federico Lorca, and The Glass Menagerie by late American author, Tennessee Williams, strive desperately in vain for escape while in a state of repression. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the repressed state of characters in the Wingfield and the Alba family, and to examine their own personal means of escape, no matter how unreal they may seem. As a mother figure in The Glass Menagerie, Amanda is quite distinctive from those in conventional dramas. With the father absent for years, Amanda takes on not only maternal nurturing responsibilities but also the paternal disciplinary role. She...

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