ards the bride. Her hatred towards the rival clan and her suspicion of the bride
             establish a sense of impending tragedy in the first moments of the play.(Anderson 92)
             Each of the three scenes in act one reveals the play's tragic potential. The first
             scene is concerned with the mother's reservation towards her son's wedding, in contrast
             to his optimism and eagerness to be wed. The second scene takes place in Leonardo's
             house. He grows sullen when he learns of the bride's engagement, and becomes hostile
             towards his mother-in-law when she asks him where he's just come from. He finally
             erupts in anger and storms out of the house, waking the baby. In the third scene the
             mother and bridegroom and the father and bride all come together and the marriage is
             arranged. In the last half of the scene only the bride and the servant are onstage. The
             bride becomes violent when the servant asks her about her wedding gift, she bites and
             shoves and yells, and the servant forces her
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