Option #2B:
In Act I of "Blood Wedding" we see Lorca's understanding of the concept of tragedy through a few things. We see it when the Mother-in-Law and the Wife sing a lullaby to Leonardo's child to make him go to sleep. The fact that the lullaby's lyrics are repeated over and over again bring show that the lullaby has a significance in the play. While I was reading through the lullaby that the Mother-in-Law was singing to a child I came upon something interesting, "And in his eyes, A silver dagger, They went to the river, Down to the river! The blood was flowing Stronger than water." (18). Obviously this isn't just some regular lullaby, because this wouldn't be something for a little kid to hear when they are about to go to sleep and that's why it brought my attention. I think Lorca uses forshadow in order to hint to the reader that of course blood will be shed in the end. Lorca might also be using the horse mentioned in the lullaby as a symbol for a greater "force" in the world that we can't control and make us at their mercy.
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