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.