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What's an example of foreshadowing in Julius Caeser in act 5?

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In Act 5, Scene 1, Cassius says the birds 'Fly o'er our heads and downward look on us /As we were sickly prey. Their shadows seem /A canopy most fatal. ' Cassius's observation of the birds and his interpretation of what they mean foreshadows his defeat and death on the battlefield.
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