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  • Investigate the Symbolist movement in literature. What aspects of Lorca's play indicate Symbolist influences?
  • Metaphors, similes, and symbols are words in a literary piece that refer to other things. Using Blood Wedding as your example text, illustrate the differences between these three literary devices. How does a symbol, for instance, function significantly differently from metaphors and similes?
  • Compare and contrast the role of the chorus in a Greek tragedy you have read with its role in Blood Wedding.
  • Analyze the importance of setting in Lorca's play.
  • Investigate the rise of fascism in Europe during the 1930s. How do historians explain the popularity of leaders like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco? What were the political beliefs of these leaders?
  • Research the international brigades involved in the Spanish Civil War, with a particular focus on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade from the United States.
  • Look into La Barraca, the drama project for which Lorca served as artistic director. What were the objectives of this project?

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