The characters in Blood Wedding would not be considered conventional by most, firstly, all of the characters bar one do not have names, they are merely referred to by their job title or social position, such as the Girls or The Woodcutters, this could possibly be to dehumanise the characters, or perhaps (in typical Brechtian style) to make the audience see the characters as a representation of what they really are. Another part to consider is the role of women in the play, when Garcia Lorca was writing the play, women's rights were changing under the new government, they could now divorce, remarry and request an abortion, however, in some rural parts of Spain, the rights of women had not changed much at all, some women, such as The Girls in the play felt that the only sensible life choice was to marry early and live out a fairly unexciting existence, this could be considered one of the main themes of the play.
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