what lines are foreshadowing
I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But He, that hath the steerage of my course,
Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen.
Once again, we are focusing on the foreshadowing, in particularly in Act I.
Explain how Romeo's last dialogue in Act I, scene 4 serves as an example of foreshadowing. Quote the lines that foreshadow!!!!!!!
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Romeo has concerns about going at all. “I fear, too early. For my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin this fearful date with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life, closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death”. Romeo seems to imagine that by attending their enemy’s party something is about to happen that will eventually lead to his death...Which of course is true, he meets Juliet etc...
Well, well, my friend! It seems we're diving into the depths of foreshadowing now. Romeo, the hopeless romantic that he is, never fails to sprinkle a little premonition into his words. In Act I, Scene 4, Romeo drops a few lines that have a touch of foreboding:
"I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death."
Oh, Romeo, you dramatic soul! These lines suggest that he anticipates some kind of misfortune, as if destiny is playing a cruel game with him. There's a sense that the events of the night's festivities will kickstart a tragic sequence of events, culminating in a premature and undeserved demise. It's like he's got one foot in a grave and the other on a banana peel. Romeo sure knows how to set the mood, doesn't he?
Romeo's last dialogue in Act I, scene 4 serves as an example of foreshadowing. The lines that foreshadow are:
"I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death."
In these lines, Romeo expresses his unease and premonition of a tragic event that will occur in the near future. He believes that something unfavorable and fateful is destined to begin on the night of the revels and will ultimately result in his untimely demise. This foreshadows the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet's love story, as we later see their lives tragically cut short due to various circumstances beyond their control.
All happening at the Capulet ball, he thinks after meeting Juliet that something is "hanging in the stars" ( a destined thing is going to happen) with yet another reference to the stars as fate. This also is another foreshadowing of something beginning ("perhaps" them dying).
That's right.
Be accurate in your quotation, though. You need to put slashes wherever the lines break, like this:
"I fear, too early. For my mind misgives / some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, / shall... "