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.
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