In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to increase the drama of the play. Shakespeare increases the drama of the play by foreshadowing Romeo and Juliet’s death. First, after Romeo kills Tybalt, the Prince decides to banish him. Juliet says,“Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but “Ay”, And that bare vowel “I” shall poison more than the darting eye of cockatrice”(3.2.45-47). Juliet is saying that she would poison herself if Romeo had killed himself. This is foreshadowing because later Juliet wakes in the charnel house to find Romeo dead, she ends up killing herself. Also, when Juliet was sobbing to the nurse about Romeo’s banishment, she threatened to kill herself again. “Come, cords; come, nurse. I’ll to my wedding bed; And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead”(3.2.136-137). Juliet is threatening to kill herself with the cords from the ladder if she would have to be Romeo’s widow. This is also foreshadowing because later when Romeo dies, instead of being a widow, Juliet ends up killing herself. Also, …show more content…
This dream was very similar to both Romeo and Juliet’s fate. Romeo says, “I dreamt my lady came and found me dead”(5.1.6). Romeo’s dream was that Juliet had found Romeo dead, even though Romeo thinks that Juliet is actually dead. This shows foreshadowing because Romeo’s dream is what actually happened to the two and makes the audience feel worse about it because he had this dream telling what was going to happen but the connection does not come to him about it. Then, once Romeo returns to Verona he foreshadows how his plan will backfire in the end. Romeo says, “Well, Juliet I will lie with thee tonight”(5.1.34). Romeo is saying that he is going to be dead with Juliet and to lie with her instead of being without her. This shows foreshadowing because when Romeo goes to see Juliet in the grave, they both end up being together but are both dead in the