Examples Of Foreshadowing In Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare introduces his play, Romeo and Juliet, as a heart wrenching tragedy and this play has become the most popular love story amongst most of western culture. In Romeo and Juliet, the premise of the story is forbidden love. With a perpetual feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, the city of Verona seems to be the epitome of chaos. Romeo is the son of house Montague, a young man who is lovestruck. Juliet is the daughter of house Capulet and she is portrayed as an innocent young girl who is ready for marriage at the age of 13. As foreshadowed in the play, Romeo and Juliet preceded their death due to lack of communication and poor decision making. Friar Laurence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because

He says, “But come, young waverer, come with me/ In one respect I’ll thy assistant be;/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (2.3.97-100) This decision was poor as he is seen as a wise adult. He knows the Montague and Capulets are in feuds and knew Juliet was supposed to get married to Count Paris as per capulets demands but still let them get married. Although it is argued that Friar Laurence probably thought that the marriage was supposed to fix the poor affiliation between the Montagues and the Capulets, he knew that they weren’t supposed to get married. The relationship between Montague and Capulets could have been saved in a different way other than through the marriage of these two children, which puts Friar Laurence at

He then tells Romeo that he has to leave Verona and go to Mantua in the morning and that he would find a way for Romeo to come back to Verona. He said he would try to get Romeo exempted from his exile with permission of the Prince by saying that Romeo is Juliet’s husband. This would make Juliet and Romeo’s marriage public which would cause a bit of turmoil. Although people may argue that it is a good thing that their marriage will be public, this part of Friar Laurence’s plan is not thought out well. Given the fact that Montagues and Capulets are not in peace, this would cause issues of disagreement in the marriage that could escalate, which puts Friar Laurence further at