Blood Wedding Journal 7

Lorca uses the youth in the play to contrast with the older characters, like the mother and father.  The youth of the play get along with everyone at the wedding, while the mother has to deal with the family that had killed her husband and son. This shows that the young people hold a certain amount of innocence with them. Although they're innocent and aren't directly connected to the rivalry between the mother and the Felix's, the youth can still get dragged into the older characters problems. For instance in act 1 when the mother is talking to her neighbor the name Leonardo Felix comes up.  When the mother hears this she freaks out even though Leonardo was a young boy when her husband and son were killed.  Leonardo gets dragged into the family rivalry even though he took no part in the event that started it.

Blood Wedding Journal 6

One of the most miserable characters in the play is the mother.  She has been lonely and upset since the death of her husband and son. In the very beginning of the play the mother expresses her feelings about the whole situation toward her son, the bridegroom. She is having a hard time letting go of the past events and the effects can be seen through her actions, such as her reaction to the bridegroom wanting a knife. When the mother even hears the name Felix she goes into a agitate state as she remembers the past. One of the big thing the mother desires is to not be lonely anymore.  She wants to have another husband to care for, but her religious affiliation stops her. She believes that marriage is a one time thing and that women should only have 1 husband.

Blood Wedding Journal 5

One of the more detailed characters of Lorca's play "Blood Wedding" is the bride. From the view of other people she is seen as the perfect person that would make a great housewife and mother.  But through her actions i can be seen that she is a different person. Lorca was creating the bride to be the typical female of his time period. Instead of following through with this label for women Lorca has the bride go against it, showing that he rejects the label put on women durring his time. Another thing Lorca does is he has the mother

Blood Wedding Journal 4

Right from the start the symbol knife appears in the play. The Bridegroom asks his mother for a knife and she describes it as a "serpent".  The word serpent creates an image of a sly and almost evil thing. This is used because it is a knife that killed the mothers husband and son. This sets up the conflict between the mother and the Felix's, and foreshadows the trouble that is to come.

Another symbol that is created is one about life and happiness.  Flowers is used to describe the mothers husband when he was still living.  Flowers play a role later in the play because the bride wears a crown of flowers at the wedding.

The Wild Duck Journal 3

Gregers is the character to blame for the events unfolding in act 5.  It's because he told Hjalmar the truth about his relationship that Hjalmar feels that he needs to leave his family. Even though the whole event was caused by Gregers, Hjalmar is also to be blamed. His reaction, when he finds out that Hedvig isn't really his biological daughter, is what leads Hedvig to kill herself. Even though she wasn't his biological daughter he raised her from birth and that's what really matters.  It wasn't until after her death that Hjalmar realized this and because of this realization that he feels like he's the one to blame for Hedvig's death. Gina in all this seems to be calm and accepting.  She doesn't freak out as much as Hjalmar when they find Hedvig dead, and i feel that she should carry more of the blame for he whole situation in general.

The Wild Duck Journal 2

Ibsen uses the motif of decay to represent control.  Hedvig has many of her freedoms restricted because of her failing eyesight. "Gregers. But of course you don't have much free time; you do go to school, don't you? Hedvig. No, not anymore. Daddy's afraid I'll hurt my eyes," (162) Hedvig is no longer allowed to go to school because he dad feels it will weaken her eye sight, showing how the decay of her eyesight controls part of her life. Hedvig isn't the only character struggling with control of their life.  "I have to spare my eyes, Gregers; they're beginning to fail." (133) Mr. Werle is also loosing his eyesight, making him unable to do his work like he used to. Ibsen also uses the motif of Disease to justify Gregers actions. "Relling. All right, I'll tell you, Mrs. Ekdal. He's Suffering from an acute case of moralistic fever." (178) This makes it seem like Gregers isn't really acting on his own choice but rather being controlled by his "disease".

The Wild Duck Journal 1

In the "Wild Duck", by Henrik Ibsen, Gregors has false conceptions of himself.  He believes that he needs to be the hero and do the right thing by telling Hjalmar the truth about Hedvig.  He also believes that by telling the truth his conscience will be cleared and his destiny would be fulfilled. Hjalmar on the other hand has misconceptions of everyone around him.  For instance Hjalmar believes that Mr. Werle was a good and helpful person when in reality Mr. Werle only helped Hjalmar for his own person gains. Mr. Werle also creates a facade around himself.  He keeps people believeing that he is a nice person in order to cover up his past.