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"

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