Lorca- Blood Wedding
Within this play several different items caught my attention but one did so more than the others. Whether to call them a theme or topic I am not sure but the roles of women in this play caught my interest greatly.
At the start of the play the mother goes off on tangents on how girls are not violent but instead are calm and proper. Also, the play frequently inserts comments on how wives should act: obedience and loyalty.
After all these comments and standards are told, every one of them is shattered by the acts of the women within the play. For instance, the mother becomes blood thirsty and the bride runs away with another man. In the beginning the mother says how she wishes she had granddaughters for peace and quiet while the end of the story it is the women who are the catalyst to the drama.