Question

Which TWO lines in this excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of Romeo and Juliet?

FRIAR LAURENCE: (A) So smile the heavens upon this holy act,
That after hours with sorrow chide us not!

ROMEO: Amen, amen! but come what sorrow can,
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
That one short minute gives me in her sight:
(B) Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
(C) Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
It is enough I may but call her mine.

FRIAR LAURENCE: (D) These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
(E) Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Answer 1

(C) Then love-devouring death do what he dare,

(D) These violent delights have violent ends

Step-by-step explanation:

Foreshadow is the literary device that the writer uses to provide a hint or brief description of a future event in the story. These prior information are given in the beginning of the stories. These hints makes the readers aware of the upcoming event.

In the prologue of the drama "Romeo and Juliet", foreshadowing has been used to make the readers aware about the death of the lovers. The phrases 'love- devouring death' and 'violent ends' are the examples of hint of the tragic fate that the lovers had.