Last night, I was watching The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, one of my favorite movies of all time! In the movie, Gandalf and Merry go to Minas Tirith. During their time there, they interact with Lord Denethor, the Steward of Gondor. He is extremely depressed because his favorite son Boromir has died, while Feramir is still alive. He admits to wishing that the his sons' places were switched, so that Boromir were still alive, while Feramir would be dead. This sad situation reminded me of the relationship of the mother with the bridegroom in "Blood Wedding" by Federico Garcia Lorca. The mother obsessively laments the deaths of her husband and son, so that it almost seems as if she would rather the bridegroom be dead, as opposed to her other son. Her preference is not as blatant as Lord Denethor's, but it certainly expounds upon the idea of universal themes, and shows how theatre is no exception.
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