Significance Of The Pearl Ring In The House Of Bernarda Alba

wedding for whatever reason. Angustias response is natural and at the same time she is attempting to protect herself by saying that in the modern time there has been a change, in 2008 pearls are common in wedding rings and do not signify tears. She is worried that Prudencia maybe is right and that there might be something wrong. Adela is unsupportive because she loves Pepe and wants him for herself, so she is trying to scare her half sister into backing away from the marriage. She also implies that Pepe does not care about her only about her money, as they have argued about that before, by not buying her a diamond ring. Diamond rings were always symbols of marriage and of care. Prudencia agrees with the statement that a diamond ring would have been more appropriate. Bernarda attempts to break the discussion by implying that there is no such thing as curses. “With Pearls or without them, things are what you make them.” Bernarda also implies that it does not matter what type of ring it is it still means that Pepe wants to marry Angustias. And whatever the others may say Angustias should ignore it and make up her own mind. Martirio involves God into the discussion and says “Or what God makes of them”. Meaning that Angustias Ring, maybe a message from God, that the wedding is destined to be a failure. That she may not be happy married to Pepe and that she may not be the one for him. Despite this warning Angustias keeps to plan and goes on thinking about the wedding.