Thursday, January 19, 2012
World Lit
I want to write on what the characters/audience knows vs. what they think they know in The Wild Duck. I was going to say something like the difference between truth and lie makes the audience sympathize towards certain characters which suggests that no one is completely innocent
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Blood Wedding 5
Act 1
"who goes out to the vineyards or his own olive groves, because they are his, inherited"
The word inherited makes me think of royalty and power cause in Spain they believed in divine right for a long time and the thrown would be inherited by the son.
"a man who is like a bull"
The running of the bulls is a big thing in Spain and it seems like a bull is seen as a strong animal and is revered by spanish people.
"One woman with one man, that's it"
The religion come in here. Catholics strongly believe in heterosexual marriage and the church also made divorce illegal.
Act 2
Everything about the orange blossoms is traditional for a spanish wedding and so is the black dress the wife is wearing.
"I wet my hands with blood and licked them with my tongue"
Someone in class said the four red streaks on the bottom left corner of the Spanish flag is from someone putting their friends blood on their shield so to me this is an allusion to the Spanish flag.
"Two sides! There are two sides here!"
This is an allusion to civil war because that is essentially a family fighting itself.
Act 3
The woodcutters could be a symbol for the three fates which are Greek and since Lorca lived in such a diverse area Greek playwright had an influence on him
"You must follow the course of your blood"
Lorca had an influence of Greek tragedy and they were believer of fate so the following your blood might be an allusion to fate in that it controls your life sompletely
"And thorns around my head"
"who goes out to the vineyards or his own olive groves, because they are his, inherited"
The word inherited makes me think of royalty and power cause in Spain they believed in divine right for a long time and the thrown would be inherited by the son.
"a man who is like a bull"
The running of the bulls is a big thing in Spain and it seems like a bull is seen as a strong animal and is revered by spanish people.
"One woman with one man, that's it"
The religion come in here. Catholics strongly believe in heterosexual marriage and the church also made divorce illegal.
Act 2
Everything about the orange blossoms is traditional for a spanish wedding and so is the black dress the wife is wearing.
"I wet my hands with blood and licked them with my tongue"
Someone in class said the four red streaks on the bottom left corner of the Spanish flag is from someone putting their friends blood on their shield so to me this is an allusion to the Spanish flag.
"Two sides! There are two sides here!"
This is an allusion to civil war because that is essentially a family fighting itself.
Act 3
The woodcutters could be a symbol for the three fates which are Greek and since Lorca lived in such a diverse area Greek playwright had an influence on him
"You must follow the course of your blood"
Lorca had an influence of Greek tragedy and they were believer of fate so the following your blood might be an allusion to fate in that it controls your life sompletely
"And thorns around my head"
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Blood Wedding 3
It seems like the bride and leonardo are the most miserable in the play. Neither of them seem to be happy about their current relationship situation. Anytime the maid talks about the wedding or consummating their marriage the bride gets angry and is quick to change the subject plus whenever leonardo is around she speaks in longer sentences and kind of hints that she is unhappy and wants to be with him but never says it.
I think Lorca uses the young people to show that marriage is more complicated than it may seem. The kids dont fully understand what is going on between the bride, bridegroom, and Leonardo, they just think everything is happy because it's the day of a wedding.
I think Lorca uses the young people to show that marriage is more complicated than it may seem. The kids dont fully understand what is going on between the bride, bridegroom, and Leonardo, they just think everything is happy because it's the day of a wedding.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Blood Wedding 1
Mother is being characterized as someone that seems to be on edge. She is skeptical about her son's engagement and connects everything to the topic of her husband and son dying. Also when she is talking about grandchildren she says she wants six so she can be at peace which seems a little bit selfish
Bridegroom so far is more laid back and is more focused on his engagement than anything
Neighbor is in to gossip and likes to talk about other people but not in a bad way
Bridegroom so far is more laid back and is more focused on his engagement than anything
Neighbor is in to gossip and likes to talk about other people but not in a bad way
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