Journal #9- Blood Wedding

Themes in Blood Wedding:
- The past
Looking back at the past is represented throughout the book and it brings in different ideas as to who the characters are and what their relationships are with other characters. The past of each character is represented differently and plays a role into how each character reacts depending on the view of their past. With the mother, the past is something that makes her angry and overprotective over her only son, and causes her to carry this feud her entire life. But on the contrast, when we look at Leonardo's wife, and she remembers her husband's past, it makes her upset to see that he still remembers his ex-wife.
-Desires
Desires of the characters is another big theme throughout the play. Each character has desires that are either to his or her own benefit or to the benefit of their family, yet there are those desires that they cannot fulfill. Like the bride, she desires to be with Leonardo throughout the play, yet the situation she is in does not help her fulfill her desires, until we see her run away with him. The mother's desires are those of wanting the best for herself as well as her son. Her choices throughout the book are to the benefit of her and her son.
-Control
There is this element and theme of control in the play within the characters, and this theme tends to play differently with the genders of the characters. The mother's control is one that she sees as best for her family. She controls her son because she wants to make sure that he will always have a good life in the future. She even controls what should happen and tends to be the one with the last word, since everything should go her way, and she expects everyone to respect her and her decisions. On the other hand, when we look at Leonardo's control, he seems as someone that is controlling his family and expecting him to listen to what he says and respect him, in order to achieve is dark desires. He is using the horse so much in order to  go and see the bride, yet when his mother-in-law hears him say he is using the horse, she immediately says it is fine, and he can kill it too. This shows that there is this force of control over his family, although not represented directly.