Lorca 4

Lorca 4

Characters that appear miserable in the play are Mother, Bride and Leonardo.

Bride:

            The Bride is miserable in the play because she doesn’t want to commit to the Bridegroom. At the beginning of act two she is very pessimistic about the wedding. “Just as we women all waste away” (39). She talks to Leonardo about it. He wants to be with her and she says she cant be with him because she is getting married. Then the wedding happens. After the wedding the Bride feels “sick”. I think this is to get rid of the Bridegroom. “No. I want to lie down for awhile. I’ll keep you company. Never! With all these people here? What would they say? Let me rest a moment. What ever you say.” (72). She wants to be alone so she will be able to escape from the wedding. Also she doesn’t want to be around the bridegroom because she doesn’t like him.

Leonardo:

            Leonardo is miserable because he is in a loveless relationship. That is why he came to the wedding without his wife and talks to the Bride a lot. “I can’t have peace if I don’t tell you these things. I got married now you get married!” (48). Leonardo is in love with Bride but he is already married and she is getting married.

Mother:

            Mother is miserable because the people that killed her family are at the wedding also. “On all their faces, I see nothing but the had that killed what was mine” (60). She is mad because she is reminded of the deaths of her husband and sons when she sees the people. She is also miserable because at the end of the wedding the Bride runs off with Leonardo on his horse. She keeps saying that her son was married to the Bride.