Which characters appear to be miserable int he play and why? When and how do the characters express their misery? What do the characters desire and what stops them from going after what each desires?
In Frederico Lorca's Blood Wedding, the most miserable character is Mother. There are a couple reasons as to why she is so unhappy. Firstly, past events in her life have made her gloomy. It was referenced that both her father, and at least one of her sons, but most likely more, were murdered by a member of the Felix family. Mother recalls this, holds grudges and seems to not let it go. The first scene is evident of this, as she rants on about the knife, and does not want her only son left alive to go out. Although the past events were tragic, the real reason for Mother's hopelessness is because of her inability to move on with her life. Something that is missing from all family feuds, including this one, is forgiveness. Moreover, Mother becomes increasingly depressed because of the loss of Bridegroom, her last relative. She expresses her misery at the beginning of the book in her outburst, again with Father when she sees Leonardo, but mostly at the end of the novel. Her misery is shown in the scene with Bride. The misery is expressed in almost a way of hatred, aimed toward Bride. This may be because Bride partially stopped Mother from obtaining what she truly wanted. Mother wanted Bridegroom to stay and home, and just sleep. She wanted to keep him safe so that he too would not die. One could say that the love between Bride and Bridegroom caused Bridegroom to venture out. This venturing out actually was harmful. The following events lead Bridegroom and Leonardo to kill each other.
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