There are a variety of youth in the second act. Why? How does Lorca use the youth to affect the themes of the play?
Lorca may have used the youth in such a great manner for multiple reasons. Firstly, Lorca's character Mother throughout Blood Wedding has made references about past events where her family and the Felix family have had a quarrel. By having youth appear in the novel, although they are not from one particular family, continues the generational elements that Lorca has established. Seeing as the feud went on in the current generation and continued to worsen, Lorca is saying that family feuds are not good. For society as a whole, he could be expressing that people need to move on and forgive others if they harm another person in some way. Holding grudges won't solve any of the problems.
Also, the youth appear in scenes that surround the wedding. Bride and Bridegroom are looked upon as good examples, and the youth are there to learn from them. However, Bride in reality is not a good example as the society dictates, because her actions to run off were looked down upon by the others, and it resulted in great amounts of unhappiness. Lorca demonstrates that just because a society deems something or someone a good example, that it is not always wise to follow it. This reveals that questioning society can lead prove to be beneficial.
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