Sunday, December 13, 2009

Journal #11 Blood Wedding

Comparison: Compare how writers in your study have explored the themes of disguise and deceit, and with what effect?

In the book Blood Wedding a lot of conflict arises because of disguise and deceit. The tragety and meaning behind the play comes from disguise and deceit. When the bride runs away with Leonardo, she is deceiving her former fiance. By doing this the whole wedding comes after her and kills Leonardo and, in term, her former fiance. This shows that because she used deceit and was deceptive, tragety struck her life.

In the play Blood Wedding, the wife of Hjalmar lied and was deceptive. She decieved her husband into thinking that their daughter Hedvig was really his, but in reality she had cheated with Werle and that is her daughters true father. After Hjalmar figured this out he showed no love towards the daughter he thought all along, was his. Because he treated her badly and said he had no love for her, tragety struck his life right as he realized that he loved his daughter no matter what. But it was too late, his daughter had already killed herself because she thought she was a burden to the family because of this lie her mother had been stringing along her entire life. This proves that disguise and deceit causes tention and tragety in life.

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