Family unit
The family and family values are at the heart of the Spanish culture they play an important part in day-to-day life and are in every aspect of Spanish culture and tradition.
Families tend to be large and do everything together. The men work in the farms and vineyards while the women stay at home to cook and clean, this too was a hard job and women had to be strong houses were made from bricks, dirt and dust got into the house because of the dryness. Floors had to be scrubbed and rugs beaten to keep the house clean. Children are left in the care of family or friends, babysitters are unheard of this makes the communities very close.
The characters in blood wedding have strong family values this is highlighted in their relationships with other characters. The mother’s protectiveness over her son, the bride groom and through the memories of her dead son and husband we can see the closeness of the family.
A British traveller in Spain once said “time was to show me that the lives of these people were so entirely bound up with their village that nothing outside it had any meaning for them”
This shows great community spirit of the Spanish people and how much the community ment to the Spanish individuals. Lorca wrote about Spanish peasants and portrayed their community spirit. The extent of this close community was such that everyone knew each other’s business in this way reputation and attitudes are formed. Through characterisation Lorca shows how important these are to the individual families He also showed how individuals were restricted within the society because they had to conform to its cultural rules and traditions.
During the Spanish civil war General Francisco Franco, a fascist nationalist dictator was taking over Spain. Lorca was an intelligent, homosexual republican. In his plays and poetry he represented a republican view this is why he was executed.
Lorca had many influences in his life the first of whom was his mother, Lorca idolised his mother she was a pianist she encouraged Lorca in his musical studies of the piano and guitar. This enhanced his natural scene of rhythm.
When Lorca was studying in Madrid he meet Salvador Dali a surrealist painter who greatly influenced Lorca's work this can be seen in the final act of blood wedding.
