Lorca 5

Themes:

Death

Passion

Social standards

Gender roles

Restraint

1.         I think the symbolism of the woodcutter, the beggar woman and the moon are to show the punishments of going against the social norms. The woodcutter cuts trees and ends their life to make lumber. The bride and Leonardo are trees and the woodcutters are their fate. “they  will track them down and kill them” (80). The beggar women has nothing and when Leonardo and the Bride get together, she is jealous and wants to take away the good thing they have. “ We won’t let them cross the river. Silence!” (84). The beggar woman represents other people’s jealousy. The moon is the motivation of the people to find and kill the Bride and Leonardo. “No! they cannot escape!” (83).

2.         When the couple are caught the Bridegroom and Leonardo kill each other. “now everyone is dead”(100).

3.         Mother tries to be very calm but she is also very angry at the same time. “I must be calm”(100). And  also “I must not recognize her, so I wont dig my teeth into her neck!” (101).

4.         “Their eyes are broken flowers. Their teeth are just two handfuls of snow” (98).

“it is the arm of my brother and of my father and of everyone else in my family who is dead!” (84).

“better to be dead with no blood than to be alive with it festering” (79).

5.         Lorca has the buildup and downfall of the protagonist in Blood Wedding.