Sunday, May 6, 2012

Blood Wedding #4

Leonardo is miserable because he feels tied down by his wife and child.  He refuses to ride in a carriage with his wife to the wedding because, I think, that the small space in the carriage represents confinement and he would rather be free to ride around on his horse.  Leonardo doesn't care much about his child, either.  In act I, he wakes it up with his yelling, and in act II he goes as far as to forget that the child even exists.  As mentioned by the bride's father and the groom's mother, children take much time to grow and mature.  I think that Leonardo doesn't wish to give that time committment because, again, that would be confining himself to 18 years with the same family.  His desire to rekindle his old relationship with the bride is what is driving him to be so miserable.  What's stopping her from getting his lady is the fact that, 1) He's married 2) She just got married 3) Society thinks it's bad to cheat.

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