Journal #12

One set of conflicting ideas is yes vs. no. This conflict can be seen when Antigone asks Ismene to help her bury their brother Polynices. Ismene is conflicted between helping her and not. She knows that if she does do it she will be going against the king and society. She also knows that she owes it to her brother to give him a proper burial. She decides not to go against society from fear of what could happen if they get caught. She creates this tension in order to show how there are conflicts that are involved in life. Some may not be as big or have as big of consequences as this but there are still conflicts that will be a part of life. I think Anouilh is trying to say how people will be faced with conflicts regarding what to do and that people need to make a decision about them. People shouldn't be indecisive, they should at least pick a side and stick with it.

Journal #11

The chorus no longer is giving background or informing the audience about what is going to happen or what is happening. The chorus essentially explains what a tragedy is. The chorus explains things in a deeper way. What he says is less direct. The chorus creates a sense of what a tragedy is which reflects the tone. The chorus says that a tragedy is clean, it is restful, it is flawless. The chorus talks in an indifferent manner, which adds to the definition of a tragedy because it is inevitable. In tragedy there is no temptation to try and escape your fate because you already know what it is. This is what makes it a tragedy. This can be seen in Antigone regarding the fact that she knows that she is going to die for her actions and does them anyway.

Journal #10

Timeline

• Oedipus dies
• His two sons were supposed to both be kings.
• Eteocles refuses to give up his power and the brothers go to war
• Polynices and Eteocles kill each other and Creon becomes king
• Haemon asks Antigone to marry him and she says yes
• Antigone is destined to die though.
• Creon issues a solemn edict that Eteocles shall be buried and recieve the highest of honors and Polynices will not be buried or honored

Reflection
Anouilh expresses these events that happened through the chorus. The chorus describes all the events that have happened and has an insight into what has happened. It allows the audience to have a better grasp of what is happening and why. The characters are all described and their role in the play is told. It gives the audience a feel that the chorus is a part of them and able to relate to the audience. This makes the audience trust what the chorus is saying and take it in with deeper consideration and get them drawn into the play more.

Topic Sentence

Federico Garcia Lorca uses the woodcutters to show that they are against Leonardo and Bride being together. He shows this through them acutally being woodcutters and the way they talk about Leonardo and the Bride.

Blood Wedding- #9

• Not everything ends up perfectly/the way you expect no matter how much you try.
• Wealth and social status does not necessarily mean you are happy.
• Marriage should take place when two people are in love not based off of benefits that come with the marriage.
• don't force the relationship
• Internal conflicts are hard to deal with-We should consult others or think before making rash decisions.
• don't affect others with your own problems
• Put other's interests before your own

Blood Wedding- #8

The set changes constantly through out the play. At the beginning it takes place at the mother's home. It seems like a nice and peaceful place. Leonardo's home seems rather nice as well. Then the setting changes to the bride's home which is described as a cave which changes the atmosphere of the play turns rather dark and dreary. Then later the play takes place in a dark forest which adds to the dark and dreary atmosphere of the play which adds to the effect created by the plot. The plot is thickening and a lot of foreshadowing of what is about to happen happens in the forest. Then after the deaths of Leonardo and the bridegroom the setting returns to the mother's house which is a less intense and dark setting. The setting parallels the intensity of the play.

Blood Wedding- #7

I think Lorca breaks the fourth wall in Act two scene two with the use of the maid. The maid says her lines poetically and wit pathos and is addressing no one. Her lines give more insight into the play and what is happening and what will happen later in the play. The effect created from doing this lets the audience see that the play is not real and pulls them away from the plot and the story and allows them to consider what the play is actually about and try and interpret what Lorca is trying to say. It also takes away from the serious and depressing mood of the play and allows the audience time to collect themselves for the rest of the play.

Blood Wedding-#6

I think that the most miserable character in the story is the mother. She has to spend all her time basically alone besides her son. Her other son and husband were both killed and she has to deal with them being gone. Her son is also moving on and getting married and she will soon have no one with her. She wants a daughter because then she would have someone that would be safe and be able to always be with her. She expresses her misery very openly with her son whenever a knife is brought up and constantly worries about her son and tries to protect him and keep him safe. She wants to keep her son to herself so she won't be alone, but has to put her happiness aside in order for him to be happy.

Blood Wedding-#5

One large archetype that I saw in the play was a necessity to be wealthy and from that wealth you are able to be married. This is shown through the bridegroom. He had to save up money for several years before he could purchase the vineyard. The vineyard is a way to show his social status and that he is capable of getting married and supporting a wife. Leonardo and the bride have really strong feelings for each other and had strong feelings for each other but they didn't get married. The bride needed someone with a higher social status. I don't think Lorca supports the idea that status is necessary in order to be married. Lorca is advocating that people should get married out of love and not because of what one has to offer.

Blood Wedding-#4

The knife is a very obvious symbol that is used in the Blood Wedding. The mother rants about how much she hates knives and how bad they are. She says "Damn all of them!" and later talking about knives says "Anything that can cut into a man's body!" (6) From this quote I think the knife can be an actual thing but I think it can also be something emotional. Like the issues with Leonardo and the groom. Another symbol that I saw was water. Water gives life to everything especially their land. "The children who take water out to the reapers are black from the sun" (16). Water is vital to survival and ultimately your social status. The more water you have the better your land is and the more money you have.