A study of the Position of Spanish Rural Women through an Analysis of the Characters of ‘Mother' and the ‘Bride' in Garcia Lorca's "Blooding Wedding”

Abstract

 "Blood Wedding” shares the status of Lorca's tragic trilogy together with "Yerma” and "The House Of Bernardo Alba”. What is most notable in this trilogy is that directly or indirectly it is the lives and way of living of the women folk of the rural Spain which is highlighted. Yerma is the protagonist of "Yerma”, and as the name suggests, she is infertile -barren. It must be noted here that not only is Yerma biologically barren, her barrenness is symbolic of the condition of the women of her times, whom the social condition made sterile economically, as they were restricted within their households and denied to be their own bread earners. Although Yerma's husband lacks interest in children, it is Yerma, whom the society blames. It is clear from the situation in which Yearma is projected that women in Lorca's time were assigned by the society, the duty of motherhood and looking after the households. Lorca subtitled "The House Of Bernardo Alba” as "A Drama of Women in the Villages of Spain”. Though no male characters appear on the stage, the play shows the effects and impacts of man on the lives  of women and deals with the theme of unexpressed desire in women.