Blood Wedding By Federico Garcia Lorca - 1485 Words

In 1930s Spain, the ritual of marriage became highly controversial as the 1931 Constitution allowed for divorce to be legal. This caused debate between older and younger generations. The elders of society still had their beliefs deeply rooted in the views of the Catholic Church-, which did not allow for divorce. Nonetheless, the younger generation was more prone to giving into desire and therefore was more open to the idea. The play Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca insinuates the strong importance of ritual in the 1930s. Due to this, in the play, ritual is revered and ironclad while desire is shunned. When Leonardo comes to the wedding of Bride the clash between desire and ritual is made evident. Nonetheless, ritual is made†¦show more content†¦However, when Leonardo whisks Bride away, ritual is threatened. Lorca also shows how desire should be kept hidden away in society by the running away of Bride and Leonardo being made off stage. He shows that people would rather pretend that desire does not even exist- making their running away hidden signifying that. Additionally, the setting of Act 3 adds to the feeling of desire. Forests have been known in plays to be a place of surrealism. Leonardo and Bride get married in the forest as their ability to be together is like a dream come true for them and it would not be possible anywhere else. In any other place, ritual would have had more precedence and strength because society endorses it due to the beliefs of the Catholic Church. All in all, desire is not imperative to society in the play and in that time period. Blood Wedding portrays ritual excessively; even the title â€Å"Wedding† is a religious sacrament. Thus, it should come as no surprise that Lorca encompasses ritual into the hunting down of Leonardo and Bride. As soon as everyone learns that the two are gone, Mother dispatches people to go look for them and says, â€Å"It’s come again: the hour of blood† (p. 44). 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