Friday, May 18, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Journal #11
At the beginning of the play the chorus seems to be a side character in the play that does what a narrator does but with a little more emotion. As you get into the play you start to see how the chorus could change its role and start taking sides with one side or the other and have some sort of bias towards some character. When the chorus has lines on page 23-24 you really start to see that the chorus does in fact have a bias and is trying to show the reader that he has clearly taken a side. The tone of the chorus changes great from the beginning to page 23, he seems to know what he is speaking and is speaking his mind without holding back. He shows this bias and doesn't hold back in the sack of protecting everyone.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Journal #10
Read Anouilh's Antigone pages 3-19 + Journal #10 (two parts - list of events + reflection):
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Topic Sentence
Leonardo is seen as abusive towards his horse and has no respect to its well being. This cruelty towards animals show the passion and desire he has to be with the Bride.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Journal #9
Death
-Although we know that a lot of these plays are tragedies from this time period, death is still a main theme or under lying message in Lorca's play Blood Wedding. Right from the beginning of the play we see death was very part of the Bridegroom's family, and that his Mother was always afraid of her boys dieing, and wished that she had a daughter that would stay at the home and not have the risk of dieing for unknown and for the most part dumb reasons.
Children
-Both the Mother and the Father talk about children and wished they had more so there lands could be work and they could be much wealthier. But the difference in the two is that the Father would rather have more sons that could improve his land and the Mother does not want to risk a son being lost during his life to death and would rather have a daughter that would stay in the home and do things around the house. But they both do agree that the Bride and Bridegroom should have many children together.
Lying
We see lying in many cases during the course of the play, the two characters that are seen lying the most are Leonardo and the Bride. The Bride will lie to peoples faces about how happy she is but once they leave the room she is not afraid to say what she wants to the Maid and discuss why she is not happy with her situation. We see Leonardo also lying to his wife, and saying that he does not have and passion for his old lover but we really know that he still wants to be with the Bride. These characters are the two that lie the most and Lorca made the obvious to allow the reader to understand why the two wanted to be together so much.
-Although we know that a lot of these plays are tragedies from this time period, death is still a main theme or under lying message in Lorca's play Blood Wedding. Right from the beginning of the play we see death was very part of the Bridegroom's family, and that his Mother was always afraid of her boys dieing, and wished that she had a daughter that would stay at the home and not have the risk of dieing for unknown and for the most part dumb reasons.
Children
-Both the Mother and the Father talk about children and wished they had more so there lands could be work and they could be much wealthier. But the difference in the two is that the Father would rather have more sons that could improve his land and the Mother does not want to risk a son being lost during his life to death and would rather have a daughter that would stay in the home and do things around the house. But they both do agree that the Bride and Bridegroom should have many children together.
Lying
We see lying in many cases during the course of the play, the two characters that are seen lying the most are Leonardo and the Bride. The Bride will lie to peoples faces about how happy she is but once they leave the room she is not afraid to say what she wants to the Maid and discuss why she is not happy with her situation. We see Leonardo also lying to his wife, and saying that he does not have and passion for his old lover but we really know that he still wants to be with the Bride. These characters are the two that lie the most and Lorca made the obvious to allow the reader to understand why the two wanted to be together so much.
Journal #8
How does the set change between acts and what effect does the set have on the atmosphere?
The first two acts have stage settings that are mostly set around inviting building and the homes of the characters. While in the beginning of act 3 it starts in a dark forest where no one really knows where. The change in settings contributes to the mood of the play. As the play moves along we start to notice a tragedy may occur and it does finally in the last act. I Believe Lorca changes the different scenes in the acts to match the tone and feeling of what was going on in the play, to help the reader visualize and understand what was going on.
The first two acts have stage settings that are mostly set around inviting building and the homes of the characters. While in the beginning of act 3 it starts in a dark forest where no one really knows where. The change in settings contributes to the mood of the play. As the play moves along we start to notice a tragedy may occur and it does finally in the last act. I Believe Lorca changes the different scenes in the acts to match the tone and feeling of what was going on in the play, to help the reader visualize and understand what was going on.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Journal #7
There are a variety of youth in the second act. Why? How does Lorca use the youth to affect the themes of the play?
I believe there is a variety of youth in the second act because the Bride is coming to realization that she is getting married and has to decided what is best for her and her future. She knows the two men and understands they are different. Leonardo is a youthful young man that is willing to have some fun and risk a lot of things, we see this when he is rushing to the church before the marriage, he goes extremely fast to be the first one there. Whereas the Bridegroom is a hard working serious man that does not seem to have much fun and follows traditional rolls that a man takes part in. I believe Lorca does this in Blood Wedding because it gives a stronger meaning to why the Bride is questioning getting married to the Bridegroom. Without this added detail we could not understand what the Bride wants and we would be left to assume things that she was thinking.
I believe there is a variety of youth in the second act because the Bride is coming to realization that she is getting married and has to decided what is best for her and her future. She knows the two men and understands they are different. Leonardo is a youthful young man that is willing to have some fun and risk a lot of things, we see this when he is rushing to the church before the marriage, he goes extremely fast to be the first one there. Whereas the Bridegroom is a hard working serious man that does not seem to have much fun and follows traditional rolls that a man takes part in. I believe Lorca does this in Blood Wedding because it gives a stronger meaning to why the Bride is questioning getting married to the Bridegroom. Without this added detail we could not understand what the Bride wants and we would be left to assume things that she was thinking.
Jorunal #6
Which characters appear to be miserable in the 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?
I see the Bride to be the most miserable character in the play, this is due to the fact that she is being torn apart because of the relationships she has with the men around her. The Bride never directly shows here misery to Leonardo, her Father, or the Bridegroom. Rather she expresses her misery to the Maid of the house. I think she shows this misery to the Maid because she knows the Maid will never say a thing to anyone else and that she has power over her. The Maid is seen as a way for the Bride to express herself and to talk about things that she would be unable to, to others. The Bride desires Leonardo but is not able to do so because she is about to get married with another man, she talks about the promise she made and that she had to go through with the wedding or she will be looked down upon. The social standard of the time definitely takes an enormous roll in the way the Bride acts and shows her emotions.
I see the Bride to be the most miserable character in the play, this is due to the fact that she is being torn apart because of the relationships she has with the men around her. The Bride never directly shows here misery to Leonardo, her Father, or the Bridegroom. Rather she expresses her misery to the Maid of the house. I think she shows this misery to the Maid because she knows the Maid will never say a thing to anyone else and that she has power over her. The Maid is seen as a way for the Bride to express herself and to talk about things that she would be unable to, to others. The Bride desires Leonardo but is not able to do so because she is about to get married with another man, she talks about the promise she made and that she had to go through with the wedding or she will be looked down upon. The social standard of the time definitely takes an enormous roll in the way the Bride acts and shows her emotions.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Journal #5- Blood Wedding
Journal #5 Examine how Lorca characterize the archetypes of the play.
Does Lorca embrace or reject the archetype? What is the effect of the
characterization?
I believe Lorca rejects archetypes throughout his play Blood Wedding. The one character that we see going against the common views of society is the Bride. She is seen as rebellious and against the normality of what a bride should act like during the time of her wedding. Society wants to sugarcoat relationship and try's to make them perfect when in real situations this is not true. There is always going to be small snags in relationship and these characters have to face them even when they are about to get married.
I believe Lorca rejects archetypes throughout his play Blood Wedding. The one character that we see going against the common views of society is the Bride. She is seen as rebellious and against the normality of what a bride should act like during the time of her wedding. Society wants to sugarcoat relationship and try's to make them perfect when in real situations this is not true. There is always going to be small snags in relationship and these characters have to face them even when they are about to get married.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Journal #4 Blood Wedding
Right from the beginning of the play we see Knives as the most dominate symbol in the book. This is true from start to end.
Bridegroom: "Never mind. I'll eat some grapes. Give me the knife."
Mother: "What for?" (5)
The mother in this part of the story is very protective of her son and does not want to lose him. Very soon after this conversation we learn that his father had died from a knife so the only reaction his mother has is to be defensive and want to protect him. Mother does not want to lose his last son to a weapon of any sort, she is only being protective and wants to know why in fact he really needs the knife. She is always afraid he is going to get into some trouble and use the knife and end up hurting himself.
The second symbol that comes up in the first scene of the book is the vineyards and the land the own. Bridegroom had just bought land to start himself out on, but soon later in the book we would learn that both sides of these families had a lot of land but no quite enough to please themselves. The father of the Bride offers to but the land between the two estates to make there "empire" bigger and that they would all gain great wealth by this move. But the Mother in the other hand has no interest in expanding and is very satisfied with what she has now.
Bridegroom: "Never mind. I'll eat some grapes. Give me the knife."
Mother: "What for?" (5)
The mother in this part of the story is very protective of her son and does not want to lose him. Very soon after this conversation we learn that his father had died from a knife so the only reaction his mother has is to be defensive and want to protect him. Mother does not want to lose his last son to a weapon of any sort, she is only being protective and wants to know why in fact he really needs the knife. She is always afraid he is going to get into some trouble and use the knife and end up hurting himself.
The second symbol that comes up in the first scene of the book is the vineyards and the land the own. Bridegroom had just bought land to start himself out on, but soon later in the book we would learn that both sides of these families had a lot of land but no quite enough to please themselves. The father of the Bride offers to but the land between the two estates to make there "empire" bigger and that they would all gain great wealth by this move. But the Mother in the other hand has no interest in expanding and is very satisfied with what she has now.
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