Blood Wedding journal

In the play 'Blood Wedding' by Lorca, we witness many different themes and ideas. When pondering over the play a big theme became apparent, the theme of dysfunctional families. We explore this theme throughout the play, beginning with Leonardo's family. Leonardo, his wife, and mother in law are talking when the topic of Leonardo and his wifes cousin comes up. It is made known that Leonardo and the cousin were once a couple and his wife does not respond well. "Are you going to cry now? Stop it!" Leonardo demands, (Lorca 23). Leonardo replies very sternly and also violently which we notice in the footnotes. This is only the beginning of the dysfunction. We also see dysfunction broiling in the argument between Leonardo and his wife on page 25. We hear rude words such as "get away," "leave me alone," and the equivalent of "shut up." These few quotations foreshadow the despair to come later in the play. "They ran away! They ran away! She and Leonardo! On the horse! They rode off in each others arms, like a bolt of lightning!" (Lorca 76). In this passage, we come to the climax of family dysfunction. Leonardo and his wifes cousin have ran away together as the previous argument foreshadowed. The family of Leonardo and his wife and her cousin and her husband are brought to the point of major family dysfunction which creates this theme in 'Blood Wedding'.