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A woman who lives next to the Bridegroom’s mother. In a conversation about the Bride, the neighbor tells the Bridegroom’s mother that the young woman used to be romantically involved with Leonardo. When the Bridegroom’s mother expresses her dismay that her son is about to marry a woman who has associated with one of the family’s enemies, the neighbor urges her not to do anything to prevent the wedding, since Leonardo was only eight when his family members murdered the Bridegroom’s father and brother. Going on, the neighbor encourages her friend to help preserve the Bridegroom’s happiness by not telling him about his future wife’s involvement with Leonardo. After the Bridegroom and Leonardo kill each other, the neighbor mourns with the mother, crying openly and insisting that the old woman should come spend the night at her house, though the Bridegroom’s mother declines this offer because she’s no longer afraid of anything.
The Neighbor Quotes in Blood Wedding
The Blood Wedding quotes below are all either spoken by The Neighbor or refer to The Neighbor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act One, Scene One
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NEIGHBOUR. […] I often think your son and mine are better off where they are, sleeping, resting, no chance of being crippled.
MOTHER. Be quiet. It’s all talk that, but there’s no comfort in it.
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NEIGHBOUR. Calm down. What good does it do you?
MOTHER. None. But you understand.
NEIGHBOUR. Don’t stand in the way of your son’s happiness. Don’t tell him anything. You’re an old woman. Me too. You and me, we have to keep quiet.
MOTHER. I won’t say anything.
NEIGHBOUR (kissing her). Nothing.
MOTHER (calmly). Things!...
NEIGHBOUR. I’m going.
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Act Three, Scene Two
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Won’t you be quiet? I don’t want weeping in this house. Your tears are tears that come from your eyes, that’s all. But mine will come, when I’m all alone, from the soles of my feet, from my roots, and they’ll burn hotter than blood.
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Here. Here’s where I want to be. At peace. All of them are dead now. At midnight I’ll sleep, I’ll sleep and not be afraid of a gun or a knife. Other mothers will go to their windows, lashed by the rain, to see the face of their sons. Not me.
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The Neighbor Quotes in Blood Wedding
The Blood Wedding quotes below are all either spoken by The Neighbor or refer to The Neighbor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act One, Scene One
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NEIGHBOUR. […] I often think your son and mine are better off where they are, sleeping, resting, no chance of being crippled.
MOTHER. Be quiet. It’s all talk that, but there’s no comfort in it.
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NEIGHBOUR. Calm down. What good does it do you?
MOTHER. None. But you understand.
NEIGHBOUR. Don’t stand in the way of your son’s happiness. Don’t tell him anything. You’re an old woman. Me too. You and me, we have to keep quiet.
MOTHER. I won’t say anything.
NEIGHBOUR (kissing her). Nothing.
MOTHER (calmly). Things!...
NEIGHBOUR. I’m going.
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Act Three, Scene Two
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Won’t you be quiet? I don’t want weeping in this house. Your tears are tears that come from your eyes, that’s all. But mine will come, when I’m all alone, from the soles of my feet, from my roots, and they’ll burn hotter than blood.
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Here. Here’s where I want to be. At peace. All of them are dead now. At midnight I’ll sleep, I’ll sleep and not be afraid of a gun or a knife. Other mothers will go to their windows, lashed by the rain, to see the face of their sons. Not me.
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