s. He suffered greatly because of the strict, conservative nature of Spain at that time. Did his homosexuality reveal itself in any of his poetry? Interpretations of his poetry and drama vary with the opinions and personalities of thosewho study him. It can only be safely said that eroticism is rampant through much of hiswork. Whether it represents strictly homosexual or heterosexual eroticism is open tointerpretation. See: and . Bodas de Sangre seems to be a pretty straight-forward story: a woman runs off withher lover on her wedding day and the novio and lover kill each other. Is that allthere is? Yes and no. Garca-Lorca includes many important themes in this, his most famous work:Society’s pressures, passion’s ultimate victory and subsequent tragedy, family andblood-ties, bitter hatred, revenge, etc. Where did Garca-Lorca get the idea for Bodas de Sangre? He read a small, almost forgettable, news story in the paper about a woman who ran awayon her wedding day with her lover. What is the lullaby in Acto Segundo of Bodas de Sangre all about? It is a foretelling of the upcoming tragedy. Where is this foretelling? The lullaby speaks about the horse that will not drink the water (is water representingLeonardo’s wife, or just death itself?). The poem demands that the horse return to thevalley where the “mare”is (donde est la jaca). Is the mare La Novia? In the horse’s eye isa "pual de plata" (a fist of silver). Keep looking. Why did Garca-Lorca go to New York? Lorca left to study English at Columbia University. He did not attend many of his classesand, despite being very popular among the Spanish-speaking intellectual community, heseemed unhappy. He was cut off from the people by his lack of English and found mostNew Yorkers to be cold and unfriendly (Gee...really?) What did the trip to New York accomplish? Garca-Lorca wrote and later published Poeta en Nueva York. The work is more difficultthan Romance...
