Foreshadowing In Romeo And Juliet
In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare reveals that youth impulsivity can doom the inevitable fate, he does this by utilizing foreshadowing and metaphors throughout the play. Shakespeare utilized foreshadowing to compare fate to the stars. He makes references to the stars or fate in the play quite often through characters and discretely points at the theme. Early into the play he already references the stars. “a pair of star crossed lovers take their life..” (1. Prologue. 6) This first quote represents both Romeo and Juliet being governed by fate’s commands. Shakespeare is foreshadowing the suicide that happens at the end of the play, but it also references how it happens. They are fated lovers, It