In Lorca's Blood Wedding, each scene takes place in a set that has a different color. The color serves to set the tone of the scene. For example, the first scene (Act I, Scene I), in which the Groom and his mother speak about the wedding, takes place in a yellow room. The mood is still hopeful at this point of the play, and the color of the room is bright. Similarly, the scenes...
In Lorca's Blood Wedding, each scene takes place in a set that has a different color. The color serves to set the tone of the scene. For example, the first scene (Act I, Scene I), in which the Groom and his mother speak about the wedding, takes place in a yellow room. The mood is still hopeful at this point of the play, and the color of the room is bright. Similarly, the scenes that follow in the beginning of the play are set in bright rooms. The second scene in the first act, in Leonardo's house, takes place in a pink room. Act I, Scene 3 takes place in the Bride's house, which has a pink cross made of flowers, white walls, and blue vases.
In Act II, however, the setting becomes more dream-like and muted, as the action of the play moves towards tragedy. For example, in Act II, Scene 2, the exterior of the Bride's house is described as grey-white and cold blue and sombre in tone. Act III, Scene I, when the final tragedy unfolds, takes place in gloomy nighttime woodland. The nighttime is occasionally broken by a silvery glow of the moon. Act III, Scene II takes place in a white room without any shadows, replicating the feel of a church as the Mother confronts the Bride about the Bride's role in the tragedy.
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