Q: When and how does Lorca break the fourth wall (google the term)? What is the affect of reminding the reader that the events on the stage are not real?
I think that the fourth wall is broken when Lorca has the characters break out into song or poems. I feel that this breaks the fourth wall because this doesn't happen in real life so to speak. The fact that this spontaneous singing does not happen in real life, adds emphasis to Lorca being a surrealist, and defying the realist movement. The idea of having song outbreaks is still present today, like in the hit TV show Glee.This way of breaking the fourth wall reminds the audience that what they are reading or watching is not real, or meant to be intended as real and people have always liked escapism. So, Lorca breaks the fourth wall in order to defy realism inn theater as well as to provide a sense of entertainment to his audience.
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