Blood

Blood

1. Literal Meaning

   • the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.

2. Connotations

   • Death
   • War
   • Sacrifice
   • Horror

3. Synonyms

   • Juice
   • Sanguine Fluid
   • Plasma
   • Vital fluid

4. Symbolic

   • Violence and Horror
   • Running image that is observed constantly within the story (recurring motif)

5. Evidence

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