Jing Li
March 31, 2016
Romeo and Juliet
In Romeo and Juliet the prologue had foreshadowed their deaths, They are said to be star crossed lovers who take their life. Its builds tension by making the readers read on and on to find out how it plays out which eventually leads to both of their deaths. The reader is expecting them to be dead by the end of the story ,but they do not know how or the paths they take that would lead them to a tragic ending. Another example of foreshadowing is when the prince says "your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." The result of this foreshadowed line is at the ending of Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet gives Montague a jointure in an exchange for peace between the family. Montague accepts this peace offering as seen that Romeo and Juliet's lives were the forfeit of the peace. In addition, when Mercutio said to plague both of their houses it foreshadows what both of their families have in store for them in the near future. Which builds the tension of the reader wondering what would happen to the family.
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