Blood Wedding Journal Five

For tonight's journal create a list of themes that Lorca creates in the play. 

• Choices
• Time
• Nature
• Life
• Death
• Fate

 With the list completed, write about the following ideas and how each could connect to a theme:

1.  The symbolism of the woodcutter, beggar woman  and moonNature. The reason I say this is because woodcutters cut trees. They are interacting with nature. The beggar woman is in rags that blend in with her surroundings. In this case, her surroundings is the forrest. The moon is a natural part of life.

2.  What happens when the runaway couple are caught?
They are killed. This was their fate. They knew what was going to happen, and they knew time would catch up to them both.

3.  What happens to the Mother after the death of her son?
Mother has lost everything that is dear to her. She has lost her whole entire family. This is because of time. Time runs out for everyone. She is in misery. She blames bride for this tragedy, as she should.

4.  At least three significant lines of imagery
"Loose, weak, indecent woman-who throws off her bridal crown to go looking for a piece of a bed warmed by another woman!" (Pg. 102-Mother to Bride)

"I will make from my dream a cold ivory dove that will carry camellias of frost over the cemetery. But no!  -Not the cemetery, not the cemetery! -A bed of earth, a bed that shelters them and rocks them in the sky." (Pg. 100- Mother to Neighbor)

"I put a wall of stone between your house and mine." (Pg. 90- Leonardo to Bride)

5.  What elements of a tragedy does Lorca incorporate in Blood Wedding?
All of these characters can relate to the reader. At least in my thoughts. The reader can relate and put themselves in "their shoes" on what the characters are going through. Each and every one. There is always sorrow, sadness, despair, disputes, and romance in tragedies. This is exactly what Blood Wedding incorporates to make a tragedy.