sdryan

Marriage as seen today is matrimony and the union of two souls in love for whatever reason. Social class plays some to little part in marriage today. Of course, its not too often you see a homeless person and a millionaire getting married but it isn’t out of the question for a poorer person getting married into the upper or middle class. In Blood Wedding, social class in marriage seems to take a major theme. The bride in the story seems to be forced into the marriage and doesn’t unnecessarily hate the fact that she is getting married to the groom but seems unsure. The union is based more off of social class than the love in the relationship. These types of marriages were not uncommon in the fact that the two family’s wanted to keep a good name and blood line in the family tree. The father doesn’t seem to mind giving up his wealth if it is to the proper suiter. For me this seems odd maybe because I come from a middle class family and it’s not as important for my family to marry rich and keep rich blood lines. Instead of the women’s family giving the wealth to the groom it is shared between the wedded couple. This also provides a sample of the gender roles of women in the story. Women do not seem to get much respect from the men in the play. The are expected not to talk back to the husband and with arranged marriages doesn’t seem like they have too much say in that aspect either.

SR