Journal #9: Blood Wedding

Themes:

Acting rashly on selfish desires never ends up well-

This theme is shown primarily by the actions and consequences of the Bride, the Bridegroom, and Leonardo.  Leonardo have the selfish desire to run away with each other, and rashly decide to do it during the worst possible time, during the Bride's wedding with another man.  This action sparks the rash actions of the Bridegroom, who recruits a friend to help him hunt down and kill Leonardo.  Leonardo and the Bridegroom end up dead, and the Bride ends up depressed and shamed.

Get over things that have happened in the past-

This theme is shown primarily in the cases of the Mother.  The Mother constantly complains and obsesses over the killing of her husband and son, the people who killed them, and the instrument that did the killing.  She brings it up in every conversation, bringing down the moods of herself and everyone else, and instilling a feeling of hatred towards the Felixes.  Her constant references to the events in the past influence her decision to have the people help her son kill Leonardo when he runs away with the Bride.  The pursuit of the runaways leads to her son being killed again, ironically the same way that her other family members were killed.

Listen to every one's advice-

Many of the main characters, primarily Leonardo and the Bride, consistently ignored and talk down to people they think are subordinate to themselves.  These people, during those times, were usually offering good advice, which if taken seriously, might have led to a more positive ending.  Leonardo disregarded everything his Wife and Mother-in-law said about his whereabouts on the horse, and controllingly told them to be quiet and leave him alone.  Therefore they had no way to convince him to stay away from the Bride.  The Bride herself received a lot of great advice from her maid about marriage while the maid prepared her for the wedding, but the Bride treated the maid so poorly that the messages never got through.  This led to the Bride and Leonardo to make the unintelligent decision to run away during the Bride's wedding, which ended up killing Leonardo.