The characters of the Bride, Mother, and Leonardo seem to be in misery throughout the start of the play. The mother's misery is different from that of the Bride and Leonardo because she is sad about her dead husband and son. She knows that she will never be able to fix this, so she is very open about portraying her misery. This is especially apparent in the first scene when she has a break down when the Bridegroom asks for a knife. To deal with her sadness, she projects her emotions on other things, like knives and the Felixes. She knows her anger toward them won't fix anything, but it is just a method for coping with it.
The Bride and Leonardo, however, feel a very different kind of misery. Their misery stems from not being able to see each other, even though they are still in love. Unlike the mother's misery, they believe that the situation causing it can be solved. They meet late at nights, probably to plan their escape. In order to mask this attempt at eliminating their misery, they lie and talk down to their families and friends. This constant lying and harsh language gives them control over the people around them, therefore they can hide their secret. This concealed way of dealing with their misery contrasts the open way that the Mother deals with her misery. Since all three characters did not end up happy at the end of the play, it shows that Lorca was trying to say that there is no correct way to deal with your misery. This conclusion would make sense because Lorca himself suffered from depression, and maybe through this play he was trying to portray how hopeless it seems trying to escape it.
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