Blood Wedding- Journal #3

Throughout the play I think that the Bride is the main character that continues to miserable throughout the whole play. This is miserable feeling seems to be the result of confused feelings of love. Right before her wedding to the Bridegroom, the Bride replies to the Maid's optimistic comment about weddings by saying that weddings can be filled with "such misery." The Bride then continues to say that "They are dark clouds- an ill wind inside me. Who hasn't felt that?" I think this represents the Bride's confusing emotions between which man, Leonardo or the Bridegroom, she loves more. This is the catalyst to her misery. It seems like the Bride is expressing it in very discretely to the maid through conversation. I think that the bride desires to be with the man she truly loves without facing ridicule from the society. I think what stops her from getting out of this miserable stage his the fear of hurting the Bridegroom, assuming that she actually cares about him, or the ridicule that she would face from the society. This is because back in this time period going back on your promise to marry someone is against the societal rules of that time. I think she is also afraid of the consequences that she would face if she were to leave the Bridegroom after promising to marry.