Blood Wedding | A Celebration and Criticism of Social Life and Conformity
In the following essay, Carol Dell'Amico examines how García Lorca's story celebrates community, social life and living at the same time that it points to the necessity of rebellion in situations where social laws and mores are oppressive or unduly limiting.
One of Federico García Lorca's most notable features is how his protagonists are named. With the exception of Leonardo, the characters are designated according to their societal position or role; hence, there is a Mother, a Father, a Bridegroom, and so forth. This particular practice of naming deindividualizes his protagonists. They are made to seem less important as individuals than as social beings. This technique suggests that the play advocates the appropriateness and inevitability of communal, social life. Yet, troubling the stability of this theme is the naming of...
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