Wednesday, 1 August 2012

What is an example of foreshadowing in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Shakespeare's
use ofin his play could best be described as generous. It's never a
surprise that the couple dies; it's even stated plainly as a fact in the . The suspense in the
narrative instead lies in how thecomes to pass.

Other examples of
foreshadowing in the play are too numerous to list here, but they include 's claim that her
"grave is like to be [her] wedding bed." In this quote, she is trying to say that
she's worried she won't get to marrybecause he might already be married, but her words are also
heavy with foreshadowing. Another, creepier...

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