In Federico Garcia Lorca's surrealist play, Blood Wedding, the characters remain extremely influenced by their culture. The setting takes place in a small region in southern Spain, in Andalusia. This part of Spain is very rural and poverty-stricken. Although this region had been poor for decades, in the 1930s when the Spanish Civil War broke out, the entire country began to suffer financially. In times of despair, the Andalusian people took pride in intangible objects. Their culture was based on pride, such as their last name, the purity of women and the fertility of their land. The characters in the play, the bridegroom, his mother, and the bride's servant, all strictly followed their cultural values. They passionately conveyed the importance of their culture throughout the play. In the play, Federico García Lorca reveals the distant but traditional Andalusian culture of his characters in Blood Wedding by showing how the bridegroom, his mother and the bride's servant react when placed in situations that include the question of the ideology of dominant men, while repressed women are characterized as weak and bossed, and how these characters react when confronted by other rebels. The Mother, a foil to the turbulent Bride, assiduously follows Andalusian culture, because she knows no difference. The Mother did what society expected of her. Women were expected to do four things: maintain their family pride by retaining their innocence until marriage, marry an Andalusian man, meet that man's needs, and become a caring mother who raises her children with respect for the culture. The Mother was also a dedicated Andalusian woman, not only did she support the culture, but she truly believed in it. The Mother embraced...... middle of paper ......e role of a married woman throughout the play. She is a concerned mother who wants traditions to be maintained by her son's offspring, her grandchildren. The husband, influenced by his authoritarian mother, also follows cultural roles to the letter. He dreams of having a family with children raised in the same atmosphere as him, a family that embraces polarized gender roles and creates a father-dominated environment. He is willing to have an abundant number of children in order to uphold the ideology he advocates. transmits it to them, will therefore continue to live. The Servant also conveys the cultural role. Unfortunately, she was unable to live the normal Andalusian life she dreamed of. She always reveals the facts of the culture and tries to influence the Bride to follow these ways. Characters passionately dedicate their lives to culture and want others to follow them..