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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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Foreshadowing is throughout the whole play. They give hints as to what is going to happen and it is like the characters are seeing or predicting their own fate. (Act 2, Scene 5) Friar Laurence advises the Romeo and Juliet to be cautious in love, "These violent delights have violent ends ... Therefore love moderately.

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William Shakespeare using foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet, to keep the readers interested throughout the novel. Even though he specifically tells them that the start crossed lovers will die, he uses foreshadowing to always keeps the reader questioning until the end. No matter how he uses foreshadowing, it all ties together in the end when we see the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the text, we see Shakespeare use foreshadowing as a major literary device in many ways.

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Foreshadowing is used to help the reader to know what happen next in the story, in the Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to throughout of the play. At the beginning of the play, the Tybalt and Benvolio start to fight with each other; however, Prince Escalus happens upon the scene and he warns to them: "Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (1,1,95). This shows if people are fight on a street in Verona, they will lost peace and enemy will be massacre with other families because it will start a family struggle, Shakespeare foreshadow this at the beginning of the play. Later on, Romeo decides to go to Juliet’s family party and Benvoio urge him also, but Romeo has concerns about it: “I fear, too early. For my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin this fearful date with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life, closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death”(1,4,106-111).

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