Blood Wedding Journal ABSENT

Lorca uses foreshadowing very well in The Blood Wedding to tell of her sons approaching death. In the beginning of the play we hear her talk about her already dead son and husband, and how she doesn't want her other son carrying a knife, because that is how they both died, and in the end he is stabbed. It is also mentioned, but not specifically that either Leonardo, or someone in his family, killed them. Then we learn that there is a mixing of the families when the Bridegroom marries Leonardo's wife's cousin. There is also foreshadowing in the ryhmes the Wife and Mother-In-Law speak to the child.
"Go to sleep, my rose
The horse begins to cry.
His wounded hooves,
His frozen mane,
And in his eyes
A silver dagger.
They went to the river,
Down to the river!
The blood was flowing
Stronger than water."
When Leonardo and the Bridegroom confront eachother it is at night and they are near a river. The Bridegroom has been riding on horseback, but Leonardo is also familiar with horseback, and is often associated with it. Roses are seen as symbol of love and beauty, but in Roman times roses where put places to keep secrets. This could mean the secret of Leonardo and the Bride's relationship, or the secret to the audience of the impending deaths. As said before the Bridegroom approached the seen on horse back, so the horse becomes startled when the fight begins. "the silver dagger" is a symbol for the knife. Then "blood was flowing" and the men were dead.