Write 500 words showing how the Crucible and the House Of Bernada Alba are similar and how they differ.

The next similarity occurs in the society of the play. In both the Crucible and The House Of Bernada Alba there are young rebelling girls for example in The Crucible, Abigail rebels against the conformity that everyone else conformed to. In The House Of Bernada Alba, Adela, the youngest of the five daughters, is longing for Pepe Al Romano but is forbidden to love him by the rules of society and by the authority of her mother. The struggle between individuals and society is shown through the whole of the two plays. Another similarity in the society of the two plays is that the women are oppressed. But here is a difference in the society of the two plays. In The Crucible they are Protestants but in The House Of Bernada Alba they are Catholics.

There are many similarities in the culture of the two plays. Both the characters of The Crucible and The House Of Bernada Alba live lives of guilt. They must not indulge and they must live lives of worship and prayer. In both the plays men have higher status than the women as most of the women were housewives, servants or maids. But in The House Of Bernada Alba the characters live in censorship where in The Crucible they do not.

There is also a similarity in the style of the play. Both The Crucible and The House Of Bernada Alba are tragedies. In The Crucible the breakdown in Salem's social order led to the tragedy which saw twenty innocent people hung on the accusation of witchcraft.  In The House Of Bernada Alba Adela hangs herself as she thinks her love Pepe Al Romano has just been killed but n fact he got away. Both of the plays are tragic because innocent people died for no reason. The Language of the two plays is different. In The Crucible, Miller uses formal, archaic language. The language used is very powerful. Old styles of addressing people were used such as Mister (men) and Goody or Goodwife (women). In the writing there is often a rhythm found. In The House Of Bernada Alba, Frederico Garcio Lorca uses totally different language. The language he uses is poetic and emotive. He conveys the emotions by using metaphor, symbols and imagery. Traditional Spanish songs and ballads can be seen throughout the play. The poetic imagery is used to express the fate destiny and tragedy of the play.