Blood Wedding- Journal #7

I think that Lorca breaks the fourth wall in the play by using monologues with different characters. One example of this is at the beginning of act two scene one when the maid isn't really talking to herself but just thinking outloud. The author also used this same technique at the beginning of the book with the mother's monologue. I think that the author might do this to suppress the dressing feel of the play. By doing this I think that Lorca is trying to attract all audiences to his play because some people might not enjoy the Depressing feel of the play. Also by reminding the reader that the events are not real it allows the reader to stay more kmterested in the play by making predictions of the ending or analyze different symbols and motifs within the play. This is different from nonfiction in that there is only one end or there is nothing to analyze but rather take in the events. And based on whether the plot keeps the audience's attention determines if the play will or will not be successful. So by breaking the fourth wall in BLOOD WEDDING, Lorca suppresses the depressing mood of the play that opens it up to a bigger audience, and then opens it to an even bigger audience by allowing the audience to either analyze the play or just enjoy the plot as it unfolds.