In act IV,Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, two days before her scheduled wedding to Paris Juliet tells Friar Lawrence all the things you would rather do than marry Paris. which of the following lines from her monologue foreshadow the outcome of the play?
A."O, bid me leap,rather than marry Paris,/ from off the battlements of any Tower,"
B."Or walk-in thievish ways, or bid me lurk/where serpents are;chain me with roaring bears,"
C."Or bid me go into a new-made grave/And hide me with a dead man in his shroud"
D."Things that,to hear them told,have made me tremble"
I think the answer is either A or C but I'm thinking that it's C. Place correct me if I'm wrong.
I agree with C.
You are correct. The line from Juliet's monologue in Act IV, Scene 1 that foreshadows the outcome of the play is:
C. "Or bid me go into a new-made grave/And hide me with a dead man in his shroud."
This line indicates Juliet's willingness to go to extreme measures, even to the point of faking her own death, in order to avoid marrying Paris. This foreshadows the tragic ending of the play, where Juliet takes a potion to appear as if she is dead, leading to the series of events that ultimately leads to the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet.
You are on the right track! Both options A and C contain elements of foreshadowing, but let's break them down further to determine which one is the most appropriate.
Option A, "O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,
from off the battlements of any Tower," suggests Juliet's willingness to take drastic measures, such as jumping off a tower, to avoid marrying Paris. This foreshadows her eventual decision to take a potion that will make her appear dead in order to escape the marriage.
Option C, "Or bid me go into a new-made grave
And hide me with a dead man in his shroud," conveys Juliet's willingness to go to extreme lengths, even going as far as hiding in a grave with a dead man, which foreshadows her plan to feign death with the help of Friar Lawrence.
Both options hint at the tragic outcome of the play, but option C, with its reference to hiding in a grave, more explicitly foreshadows the events that occur in the final act. Therefore, the correct answer is indeed C.