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Dramatic Irony
Definition of Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved directly or indirectly, by making... read full definition
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved... read full definition
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the... read full definition
Act 1, Scene 2
Explanation and Analysis—The Soothsayer:
In Act 1, Scene 2, Charmian and certain other attendants of Cleopatra converse with the Soothsayer, who foreshadows the death of Cleopatra at the end of the play:
SOOTHSAYER: You shall outlive the lady whom you serve.
CHARMIAN: O, excellent! I love long life better than figs.
SOOTHSAYER: You have seen and proved a fairer former fortune
Than that which is to approach.CHARMIAN: Then belike my children shall have no
names. Prithee, how many boys and wenches must
I have?
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