Act 3, Scene 1 Summary

Three woodcutters talk in the woods about the search for the bride and Leonardo. One woodcutter reminds the other two that the bride and Leonardo will both be killed for running away with each other. Another woodcutter says the two could not help themselves. "You've got to do what your blood tells you to," the woodcutter says. He knows the two people feel that it is better to die loving their true love than to live loving someone they don't love. The three woodcutters request that the moon hide the couple in the dark shadows where they won't be found. The moon speaks. The moon says he will not hide the couple. The moon will shine bright into the darkest corners of the forest until the couple is exposed. Death, in the form of an old woman beggar, and the moon...