Abstract:
Under Franco’s regime, the feminist movement that began in 1920 came to an end, and Spain
temporarily regressed to its past ideologies about women’s role and place in a society which
was dominated by patriarchal principles and ideological conservatism imposed by the Church
and the State. This paper highlights the paradoxical nature of being a woman in the literary
world of Lorca through the vulnerable and painful female characters presented in La casa de
Bernarda Alba as they participate in their own oppression through patriarchy. Additionally, the
paper provides an insight into psychological states of these characters, explaining why these
Spanish women oppress other fellow women while being oppressed themselves under
androcentrism.
