The 3 major themes that I see in Blood Wedding are as follows:
1. Control/ Power
The number one character that I see portraying this theme is the mother. She lost control over her ability to keep her husband and son alive and henceforth she wants control over her son the groom. She also treats his marriage as a business transaction in order to gain what she wants. Also, the father seems to want control over his daughter and realizes that he does not have this power when she runs off with Leonardo and he believes that his daughter could not do so.
2.Where one's true allegiance lies
The bride admits at the end of the play that she felt the groom was the best man for her, however she runs off with Leonardo because she is so entranced by him. Also, the mother is constantly questioning if the daughter is a good, loyal woman even from the first scene. Leonardo's wife also seems to show that she questions her husband's true faithfulness to her because of her awkward transitions in Act 1 Scene 2 where she seems to know that Leonardo is up to something but isn't questioning it.
3. Gender roles
It seems that Lorca is heavily criticizing stereotypical gender roles because of how these roles end up hurting the characters in the play. The mother tries to tell her son that he needs to be a true man with his wife and tries to encourage strict female conduct with the bride, however this constraint ultimately leads to the bride's escape with Leonardo. Also, the wife is trapped by her domestic domain and eventually loses her husband. The mother may be considered a good wife because she has this reverence for her husband and about how he was an amazing man, but this doesn't allow her to break free and move on with her life.
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