AQA A-LEVEL DRAMA AND THEATRE
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2024
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A-level
DRAMA AND THEATRE
Component 1 Drama and theatre
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Question 15 Lorca: Yerma
From Act One, Scene Two
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YERMA: Can I ask you something?
PAGAN WOMAN: Let’s see. (Looks at her.) I know what you’re going to ask.
But there’s nothing to be said. (She gets up.) (stopping
YERMA: her). Why not? Talking to you has cheered me up. For
such a long time I’ve wanted to talk to someone like you. I 5
want to understand, and you can tell me … What?
(lowering her voice). Why am I childless? Must I spend
PAGAN WOMAN:
the best years of my life feeding the chickens or putting
YERMA: up curtains? No, I shan’t! You have to tell me what I
need to do. I’ll do anything you say, even stick needles
into my eyes. 10
But I know nothing. All I did was lie on my back and sing.
Children just come, like water. Now no one can say you
PAGAN WOMAN: don’t have a beautiful body. When you go by, the horse
neighs at the end of the road. But best leave it, girl! I’d
rather say nothing than say too much. 15
Why won’t you tell me? It’s the only thing I talk to my husband
YERMA: about.
Tell me. Are you fond of him?
What do you mean?
PAGAN WOMAN:
I mean, do you love him? Do you want to be with him? 20
YERMA:
I don’t know.
PAGAN WOMAN: Does he make you tremble when he stands close? Do you
YERMA: go weak at the knees when his lips touch yours?
PAGAN WOMAN: Answer me!
I’ve never felt like that, no.
Not even when you’ve danced with him? 25
YERMA: (recalling). There was one time … with Victor … Go
PAGAN WOMAN: on!
YERMA: He took me by the waist. I couldn’t speak. I was stuck for
PAGAN WOMAN: words. And another time … I was fourteen and he was big
YERMA: and strong … he picked me up to cross a stream, and I 30
trembled so much my teeth were chattering. I was always
PAGAN WOMAN: so shy.
YERMA: And with your husband?
That’s different. My father arranged the marriage and I
agreed. Gladly, believe me! The first day that we were 35
engaged, I thought about … having children. I looked at
myself in his eyes, and I saw myself, so small, so helpless,
PAGAN WOMAN:
as if I was my own little girl.
Different from me, then. It’s probably why you’ve not got
pregnant. You see, men like to have fun. They like to let
YERMA: our hair down and have us drink from their mouths. It’s the 40
way of the world.
For you, not me! Things go around in my head, lots of
things, and I know that they’ll all come true in my child. I
PAGAN WOMAN: gave myself to my husband for him, for my child, and I’ll go
on doing it to see if he comes. But never for pleasure. 45
That’s why you’re empty.
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