Journal #5- Blood Wedding

One of the key archetypes in the play is the bride, who is depicted quite differently than one would imagine for the time period. While most assume brides have been looking forward to this day for years and filled with joy, the bride in Blood Wedding exhibits neither of these cliche characteristics. In fact others in the play, such as the maid, take notice of this strange behavior and call her out on it. "For heaven's sake! All right. Your're acting like you don't want to get married" (36). As it is shown, women are expected to be excited about getting married, however the bride's actions clearly prove that this is not always the case. It seems that Lorca is expressing his opinion that marriage is corrupt and often influenced by others to be what they want rather than the desires of the two being joined together. Marriage was much more impacting then than it is now, as divorces were seldom, meaning that marriage almost always meant forever. Through this characterization of the bride, we can can see that Lorca turns the wedding into a day of joyous celebration, into a dreaded day of forced agreement where both sides are not mutually content.