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Examples Of Foreshadowing In Romeo And Juliet

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The play Romeo and Juliet is about a forbidden love between teenagers, but it can be argued that the plot is not driven by love, but by the fatal compulsiveness of Romeo. He believes himself in love even if the person he is after has never even glanced his way. This compulsive nature is first foreshadowed in the text when Romeo says to his cousin, Benvolio, "Out of her favor where I am in love" (Shakespeare 1.1.158). In this quote he verbally expresses how he has given his whole heart to someone who he knows will not love him back. "Of a despised life, closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death" (Shakespeare 1.4.111-112), Romeo later says as he describes the feeling of foreboding from his dream. His dark words suggest that
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