There are a variety of youth in the second act. Why? How does Lorca use the youth to affect the themes of the play?
Lorca uses the youth in the play to represent the generational struggle that has been part of the major families in the play. When this play was written, family feuds were still very common in Spain so the fact that Lorca uses the youth to symbolize this adds to the realism of the play. Some of the major fights and larger moments in the play come from this long term struggle between Mother and the Felix family. The youth can represent how it does not matter what age you are, you can still be pulled in to a hundred year old conflict. Also, the youth can show how they are important to what happens in their families even though they are smaller pieces of the puzzle. Maybe Lorca was trying to say that children are important factors and their problems can affect everyone so they should not be over looked.
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