World lit - blood wedding
Shit Tits McGee
World Lit Paper
May 2013
"How does the author use literary techniques in order to keep the social stereotypes of the early 1900’s Spanish society intact?"
"Life--that's what they need more than anything else--life." This quote spoken by The Mother is true in Blood Wedding's early spanish society, yet it causes one to question what kind of life is one really living when being succumbed by social stereotypes? In Frederico Garcia Lorca’s tragic play, Blood Wedding, he uses many literary strategies in order to maintain various social stereotypes. Three main techniques the author chooses to incorporate include atmosphere, archetypes, and resolution to further his critique of the social stereotype present in this spanish society. To begin, Frederico Garcia Lorca uses atmosphere constantly throughout the play. Lorca aimed to create a brooding atmosphere of early 1900’s Spain. This time period was characterized by a patriarchal familial structure as well as a roman catholic worldview. The gender roles of the characters are heavily affected by this religious influence throughout the piece, as shown in how marriage and family life is portrayed in the work. During the 1920’s - 1930’s, the period portrayed in this piece, women had little to no rights and no ability to hold a job, so marriage and birthing children was seen as the main aspect of a womans life. As The Mother condescendingly stated “See if you can't raise me six grandchildren to make me happy.” as if child-bearing was the daughter’s sole purpose; and in this society, it very well might have been. The brooding atmosphere is first shown in the mothers tone and dialouge, “The knife, the knife! Damn the knife, damn all knives, damn the devil who created knives.” This negative diction is one of the first examples of the brooding atmosphere that surrounds the whole play. This is followed by another instance of a brooding, or serious, atmospheric tone by The Mother, "The killers are in
World Lit Paper
May 2013
"How does the author use literary techniques in order to keep the social stereotypes of the early 1900’s Spanish society intact?"
"Life--that's what they need more than anything else--life." This quote spoken by The Mother is true in Blood Wedding's early spanish society, yet it causes one to question what kind of life is one really living when being succumbed by social stereotypes? In Frederico Garcia Lorca’s tragic play, Blood Wedding, he uses many literary strategies in order to maintain various social stereotypes. Three main techniques the author chooses to incorporate include atmosphere, archetypes, and resolution to further his critique of the social stereotype present in this spanish society. To begin, Frederico Garcia Lorca uses atmosphere constantly throughout the play. Lorca aimed to create a brooding atmosphere of early 1900’s Spain. This time period was characterized by a patriarchal familial structure as well as a roman catholic worldview. The gender roles of the characters are heavily affected by this religious influence throughout the piece, as shown in how marriage and family life is portrayed in the work. During the 1920’s - 1930’s, the period portrayed in this piece, women had little to no rights and no ability to hold a job, so marriage and birthing children was seen as the main aspect of a womans life. As The Mother condescendingly stated “See if you can't raise me six grandchildren to make me happy.” as if child-bearing was the daughter’s sole purpose; and in this society, it very well might have been. The brooding atmosphere is first shown in the mothers tone and dialouge, “The knife, the knife! Damn the knife, damn all knives, damn the devil who created knives.” This negative diction is one of the first examples of the brooding atmosphere that surrounds the whole play. This is followed by another instance of a brooding, or serious, atmospheric tone by The Mother, "The killers are in