Amelia

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Amelia is one of the five daughters in Federico García Lorca’s play "The House of Bernarda Alba," representing youthful repression and fear under her mother Bernarda’s tyrannical rule.

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Amelia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
theatrical character
appearsIn The House of Bernarda Alba
appearsInAct Act I
Act II
Act III
authorNationality Spanish
constrainedBy Bernarda’s eight-year mourning decree
contrastsWith Adela’s rebelliousness
countryOfWorkOrigin Spain
createdBy Federico García Lorca
dialogueFunction expresses fear and conformity
emotion anxiety about social judgment
fear of scandal
familyName none specified
firstPerformanceOfWorkYear 1945 (posthumous premiere of the play)
gender female
genreOfWork tragedy
hasMother Bernarda Alba
hasSister Adela
Angustias
Magdalena
Martirio
languageOfWork Spanish
livesWith Adela
Angustias
Bernarda Alba
Magdalena
Martirio
medium stage play
nationalityInFiction Spanish
positionInFamily one of five daughters
represents fear
youthful repression
settingOfLife rural Andalusian village
sharesTraitWith Martirio’s anxiety
socialRole unmarried daughter under strict mourning
subjectTo Bernarda Alba’s authoritarian rule
subordinateTo Bernarda Alba’s will
symbolicFunction internalized social repression
themeAssociatedWith oppression of women
patriarchal and authoritarian control
repressed desire
timePeriodInFiction early 20th century Spain
workOriginalTitle La casa de Bernarda Alba

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