Prophetic words are just like the aroma that food gives off. It gives off a little taste of what’s to come. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence, when agreeing to marry him and Juliet, warns Romeo, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast” (Shakespeare 2.3.94). His words are prophetic, in that it foreshadowed many events to come, including how marrying too soon caused Juliet to feel trapped, and even the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Although Juliet loved Romeo more than anyone, her marriage to him caused her to feel trapped. When Juliet first met Romeo at the party, she fell instantly in love. She asked the Nurse who he was, and declared that she would rather die than marry anyone else. He was her one true love, with a