Blood Wedding (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Spain
- Principal Characters: The Bridegroom, The Bridegroom’s Mother, The Bride, The Bride’s Father, Leonardo Felíx, Leonardo’s Wife
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Marriage, Adultery, Weddings, Spain or Spanish people, Elopement, Feuds
- Locales: Andalusia, Spain, Castile, Spain
The Story:
The Bridegroom’s Mother was unhappy when she learned that he wished to be married and that he had found a woman whom he desired. In spite of her sorrow at losing him, she commanded him to go buy fine presents for the Bride. The Bridegroom’s Mother was also unhappy because the Bridegroom was her only surviving child. Her husband and her older son had been killed many years before in fights with members of the Felíx family. Since then, the Bridegroom’s Mother had lived in fear that the only surviving man in her family, the Bridegroom, might also fall a victim to...
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