Blood Wedding
One thing I have noticed in Blood Wedding is how love and marriage is portrayed differently than love and marriage in modern times. It seems that the weddings taking place in the time of Blood Wedding occurred because the social status of the bride and groom’s families were similar. To some extent this takes place today, but it is more acceptable to marry someone out of your social status. For the characters in the play, it is extremely unlikely that one would marry out of their social circle. This is evident when it is hinted that the bride and Leonardo did not marry possibly because of his family not having enough money. Even though it seems that the bride and Leonardo were in love at one point in time, their love could not rise above the social standards put into place. The dialog on page 50 between the mother, the father, and the bridegroom suggest that money has the greatest role to play in whether the two will get married as the father says that his daughter has/can manage his money and the mother says that her son can do the same thing. Money is also mentioned on page 46 by the mother in law talking about the two rich families coming together.
I couldnt agree more. I beileive that social class has the biggest influence on who gets married and who doesnt. It also seems to me that the parents have a great deal to do wiht who their children get married too as well.
↓ Quote | Posted November 9, 2006, 10:05 pm