One of the most prominent motifs in Blood Wedding is blood: it is frequently mentioned throughout the play and in the title. However, its usage is inconsistent because it sometimes means violence, but other times represents fate or other similar ideas, making blood seem almost paradoxical in nature. Interestingly, García Lorca also creates many of his characters paradoxically. Despite the detailed backstories behind the characters, their only names come from their relation to the Bride and the Bridegroom. Additionally, the two families appear to be happy at the wedding between the Bride and the Bridegroom; however, they are quick to become violent when Leonardo and the Bride elope. It would seem as though these characters are created to be
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Perhaps the most common meaning of blood is the foundation of a person, so blood being contradictory would also mean that people are paradoxical as well. In Blood Wedding, García Lorca demonstrates the motif of blood as meaning both love and violence, ultimately demonstrating people as contradictory by nature.
García Lorca uses the motif of blood in order to represent the contradictory view of the beauty seen in violence during the Moon’s cry for cruelty against Leonardo and the Bride. For instance, at the end of the Moon’s call for violence against the Bride and Leonardo, he claims, “let them take a long time to die,”(García Lorca 3.1.54) implying a need for suffering, which is later connected to blood because of the phrase, “let the blood set”(3.1.54). Here, blood is used as a symbol of violence because it directly refers to the blood of Leonardo and the Bride as well as a symbol of suffering because of their death taking “a long time”(3.1.54). In addition to blood as a representation of violence, García Lorca uses it to represent the glorification of …show more content…
When describing her son’s death, she first describes the blood as a “fountain”(2.2.39), emphasizing the excessive violence that led to his death. This is because the word ‘fountain’ implies excess and spilling as well as the earlier shown connection between blood and violence. Additionally, she uses the word “terrible”(2.2.39) to describe the blood, further emphasizing her hatred of the violence when compared to other words such as ‘bad’ or ‘awful’ to describe it. In contrast, she later says that she put her hands in his blood and “licked them”(2.2.39), showing a more remembering tone about her son, especially considering her previously shown disdain for blood. Additionally, she admits to wanting to have kept the blood in “a chalice of glass and topaz”(2.2.39), a complete change from her earlier violent tone: she changes completely from talking about violence to about love and reminiscence, using words reflecting respect like ‘glass’ and ‘topaz’ to show this change. This change in tone reflects people being paradoxical through being able to describe her hatred of violence to immediately describing her son honorably while using blood to describe both of these ideas. Paradoxically, as soon as the Bride and Leonardo disappear, the mother cries “the bloody days are back”(3.2.48), referencing blood as a representation of
Perhaps the most common meaning of blood is the foundation of a person, so blood being contradictory would also mean that people are paradoxical as well. In Blood Wedding, García Lorca demonstrates the motif of blood as meaning both love and violence, ultimately demonstrating people as contradictory by nature.
García Lorca uses the motif of blood in order to represent the contradictory view of the beauty seen in violence during the Moon’s cry for cruelty against Leonardo and the Bride. For instance, at the end of the Moon’s call for violence against the Bride and Leonardo, he claims, “let them take a long time to die,”(García Lorca 3.1.54) implying a need for suffering, which is later connected to blood because of the phrase, “let the blood set”(3.1.54). Here, blood is used as a symbol of violence because it directly refers to the blood of Leonardo and the Bride as well as a symbol of suffering because of their death taking “a long time”(3.1.54). In addition to blood as a representation of violence, García Lorca uses it to represent the glorification of …show more content…
When describing her son’s death, she first describes the blood as a “fountain”(2.2.39), emphasizing the excessive violence that led to his death. This is because the word ‘fountain’ implies excess and spilling as well as the earlier shown connection between blood and violence. Additionally, she uses the word “terrible”(2.2.39) to describe the blood, further emphasizing her hatred of the violence when compared to other words such as ‘bad’ or ‘awful’ to describe it. In contrast, she later says that she put her hands in his blood and “licked them”(2.2.39), showing a more remembering tone about her son, especially considering her previously shown disdain for blood. Additionally, she admits to wanting to have kept the blood in “a chalice of glass and topaz”(2.2.39), a complete change from her earlier violent tone: she changes completely from talking about violence to about love and reminiscence, using words reflecting respect like ‘glass’ and ‘topaz’ to show this change. This change in tone reflects people being paradoxical through being able to describe her hatred of violence to immediately describing her son honorably while using blood to describe both of these ideas. Paradoxically, as soon as the Bride and Leonardo disappear, the mother cries “the bloody days are back”(3.2.48), referencing blood as a representation of