Foreshadowing In Romeo And Juliet Act 2

One good
instance ofcan be found in the famous balcony scene.feels that exchanging vows of love "is
too rash, to unadvis'd, too sudden" (II.ii.124). In other words, she believes that they are
acting foolishly. She couples her opinion with adeclaring that vows of love are "[t]oo like
the lightning, which doth cease to be / Ere one can say 'it lightens' (II.ii.125). This simile
serves to compare love to a passionate fire, like lightening, that flares up and dies suddenly.
Since this simile refers to an image of death, specifically death of lightening, it can be seen
as foreshadowing the couple's upcoming deaths.

A second instance of
foreshadowing can also be seen in this scene when Juliet speaks directly of death. Juliet says
she wisheswas her pet bird so that she can keep him trapped near her all the time. When Romeo
replies, "I would I were thy bird," Juliet warns that if he were, should would be
likely to "kill [him] with [too] much cherishing," meaning hugging, petting, and
kissing until the bird suffocated. This metaphorical reference to killing Romeo with love as a
pet bird can easily be seen as foreshadowing Romeo's upcoming death.

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