Themes:
- Knives
- Death
- Destruction
- Despair
- Duty/honor
- Love
- Life
- Happiness
- Faithfulness
- Mother vs. Father vs. Child
- Youth vs. Adult
- Fantasy/Dream
- Reality
- Fate and not being able to get out of it or change it
- Blood
- Family
Monday, May 7, 2012
Blood Wedding Journal #6
"Create a list of themes that Lorca creates in the play"
Themes:
Themes:
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Blood Wedding Journal #5
"How does the set change between acts and what effect does the set have on the
atmosphere?"
Between the acts, the set changes from dark to light, empty room to full room, and flowers to no flowers. This effects the atmosphere by changing it constantly. In one scene the room can foreshadow death and despair and feel secretive and closed in. In another scene it can be the exact opposite and feel as though everything is known and everyone is happy and cheerful. The flowers or no flowers can also help to foreshadow who is going to die and who is not.
Between the acts, the set changes from dark to light, empty room to full room, and flowers to no flowers. This effects the atmosphere by changing it constantly. In one scene the room can foreshadow death and despair and feel secretive and closed in. In another scene it can be the exact opposite and feel as though everything is known and everyone is happy and cheerful. The flowers or no flowers can also help to foreshadow who is going to die and who is not.
Blood Wedding Journal #4
"There are a variety of youth in the second act. Why? How does Lorca use the
youth to affect the themes of the play?"
The youth are used in the second act in order to portray the contrast between the imagination of the adult life children think they will have to the dark reality of the life they will actually have. The youth think that marriage and the adult world are full of fun times and cake and love and happiness. However, the bride tries to infer to them that they should want to stay young and not grow up so fast because marriage is a big commitment that you cannot get out of, and it is no where as fun as one would expect. Lorca uses the youth to affect the themes of the play by using them to contrast the harsh reality of what is going on around them. Also, they know more than they let on or believe or think they know. This relates to the audience because the audience knows more than it thinks it knows as well because they have been given so many hints and foreshadows, but they don't understand it, just like the children.
The youth are used in the second act in order to portray the contrast between the imagination of the adult life children think they will have to the dark reality of the life they will actually have. The youth think that marriage and the adult world are full of fun times and cake and love and happiness. However, the bride tries to infer to them that they should want to stay young and not grow up so fast because marriage is a big commitment that you cannot get out of, and it is no where as fun as one would expect. Lorca uses the youth to affect the themes of the play by using them to contrast the harsh reality of what is going on around them. Also, they know more than they let on or believe or think they know. This relates to the audience because the audience knows more than it thinks it knows as well because they have been given so many hints and foreshadows, but they don't understand it, just like the children.
Blood Wedding Journal #3
"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?"
The bride appears to be miserable in the play because of how she acts. Some of the things she does to express her misery are to throw her flowers on the ground, yell at the maid, and be very solemn around everyone. The bride desires, trully, to be with Leonardo, not the bridegroom. She is stopped from going after what she wants by the fact that she is to marry the bridegroom and that Leonardo is already married.
The wife also appears to be miserable in the play because of how she acts. She gets very angry at her husband, Leonardo, for not riding in the carraige with them. She also cries when she is singing the lullaby about the horse to her child. She desires Leonardo to love her. She is stopped from this by the bride because that is whom Leonardo loves.
The bride appears to be miserable in the play because of how she acts. Some of the things she does to express her misery are to throw her flowers on the ground, yell at the maid, and be very solemn around everyone. The bride desires, trully, to be with Leonardo, not the bridegroom. She is stopped from going after what she wants by the fact that she is to marry the bridegroom and that Leonardo is already married.
The wife also appears to be miserable in the play because of how she acts. She gets very angry at her husband, Leonardo, for not riding in the carraige with them. She also cries when she is singing the lullaby about the horse to her child. She desires Leonardo to love her. She is stopped from this by the bride because that is whom Leonardo loves.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Blood Wedding Journal #2
"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?"
In order to do this person, I had to look up what an archetype is and it is "the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based" (www.dictionary.com).
UM... so does Lorca embrace this... well... If I am equating this correctly, it is the same thing as a stereotype. Lorca rejects the archetype. Lorca especially rejects the archetype of the bride and weddings. The bride is dressed in black and is completely solemn when around her bridegroonm. The archetype of a bride is excited and dressed in white. Also, Lorca rejects the archetype of weddings. Lorca rejects the archetype of the wedding being fully planned out and all decorated up when the bridegroom can just call on his bride and say let's get married on Sunday. The effect of the characterization is that it sets the tone for the mysterious, strange atmosphere that lingers throughout the play. It also could be relatable to the audience of the time in the area that he was from. However, this makes it foreign to us.
In order to do this person, I had to look up what an archetype is and it is "the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based" (www.dictionary.com).
UM... so does Lorca embrace this... well... If I am equating this correctly, it is the same thing as a stereotype. Lorca rejects the archetype. Lorca especially rejects the archetype of the bride and weddings. The bride is dressed in black and is completely solemn when around her bridegroonm. The archetype of a bride is excited and dressed in white. Also, Lorca rejects the archetype of weddings. Lorca rejects the archetype of the wedding being fully planned out and all decorated up when the bridegroom can just call on his bride and say let's get married on Sunday. The effect of the characterization is that it sets the tone for the mysterious, strange atmosphere that lingers throughout the play. It also could be relatable to the audience of the time in the area that he was from. However, this makes it foreign to us.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Wild Duck Journal #3
"Journal #3: Consider which characters are at fault for the events that are
unfolding and why? Is there a character without blame? Why or why not? Is there
a character who should carry more of the blame? Do any of the characters take
responsibility?"
There is no character without blame. This is because each of them has to be held accountable for their actions. The wife should be held more responsible because she did not tell her husband in the first place. However, it was none of Gregger's business to come there and spill out this secret. Hedvig should not have assumed her father hated her. Hjalmar should not have acted so irrationally. Relling and Molvik should have tried to stop Gregger's. Mrs. Sorby should not have tried to intervene with the money/decree when she did. She should not have come at all. Old Werle should not have blamed old Ekdal completely for the logging scheme. It was partly old Werle's fault too. Old Ekdal should not have told Hedvig how to shoot the Wild Duck because then she may not have killed herself.
There is no character without blame. This is because each of them has to be held accountable for their actions. The wife should be held more responsible because she did not tell her husband in the first place. However, it was none of Gregger's business to come there and spill out this secret. Hedvig should not have assumed her father hated her. Hjalmar should not have acted so irrationally. Relling and Molvik should have tried to stop Gregger's. Mrs. Sorby should not have tried to intervene with the money/decree when she did. She should not have come at all. Old Werle should not have blamed old Ekdal completely for the logging scheme. It was partly old Werle's fault too. Old Ekdal should not have told Hedvig how to shoot the Wild Duck because then she may not have killed herself.
Blood Wedding Journal #1 Symbols (2)
1. Knife:
The knife represents the bride. It is a symbol for the bride because the bride has a double personality. She seems like a nice, sweet, hard working girl. However, she truly is mean, evil, and cheating. This is like a knife because there are two sides to the blade just like there are two sides to the bride's personality. The knife could also connect to the title "Blood Wedding" because knives spill blood.
2. Olive Groves/Vineyards: The mother talks about having gone out to the vineyards with father, but that was where father died, so she doesn't want to go with her son. I think that the vineyards or olive groves could be a symbol for the intertwinement of the two families in death because vines intertwine.
The knife represents the bride. It is a symbol for the bride because the bride has a double personality. She seems like a nice, sweet, hard working girl. However, she truly is mean, evil, and cheating. This is like a knife because there are two sides to the blade just like there are two sides to the bride's personality. The knife could also connect to the title "Blood Wedding" because knives spill blood.
2. Olive Groves/Vineyards: The mother talks about having gone out to the vineyards with father, but that was where father died, so she doesn't want to go with her son. I think that the vineyards or olive groves could be a symbol for the intertwinement of the two families in death because vines intertwine.
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