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Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.1597
Maupassant, Guy de. The Necklace.1884
Petrakis,Mark.The Wooing of Ariadne.1960
Short Story Group #2
Ms.Payne
9th Honors Lit
3/15/16
Foreshadowing in RJ & Short Stories ECR
Some people have the unique ability of predicting events before they occur. If you read between the lines more often than not there is a hidden message that may be important later on as more events unfold. Such is the case in the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. Throughout the story, the characters subtly reveal events that will take place in the near future. For example, Romeo expressing a feeling of his death. “With this night’s revels, and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death” (1.4.115). Juliet as well hints at her impending doom. She says to the nurse “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (1.5.150). Here Shakespeare is implying that she will die a virgin. In the end, this is ultimately what happens.
In the short story The Necklace, fragments of foreshadowing also occur. It is a heart wrenching story of a woman named Mathilde Loisel who is very pretty but very unhappy. She wishes to be appreciated and loved by a rich man but instead settled for a plain life.”She had no means of becoming know,appreciated, loved and married by a man either rich or distinguished.” One night at a party she had been invited to she misplaces her necklace. This is predicted in the first line of the second paragraph of the story describing her plain fashion sense. Later on it is stated “She had no gowns, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but that.” She believes there was an error in destiny. A destiny in which she later realizes she had a significant part in. The Wooing of Ariadne, starts off with foreshadowing by stating “I knew from the beginning she must accept my love—put aside foolish female protestations”. The story’s character Marko Palmas, is predicting that she [Adiane] will take well to and accept the interest he is showing in her. Throughout the story, he made many attempts to try to impress her and “woo” her. Her responses weren’t what he expected; she threw things at him, yelled at him, and even punched him. He, however was still persistent and continued making advances to try to get at her. He foreshadowed what would happen later in the story when she finally gave in after realizing he was just a persistent, innocently sweet man. Adriane shows that she gives in when she says “Marko Palmas, you may call on me tomorrow”.Shakespeare, Guy de Maupassant, and Harry Mark Petrakis use foreshadowing as a literary device in their stories to hint at what’s going to happen in the future. Characters foreshadow events unknowingly, though the reader may know. For example in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says ,”Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” (1.4. 104-105).This is said when Romeo and Benvolio are talking about going to the Capulet’s party. By saying this he is saying that going to the party could cause consequences and unwanted trouble. Characters in Romeo and Juliet also foreshadow events as jokes which end up actually becoming true. The purpose of foreshadowing is to give the reader a hint of what’s to come and makes the reader analyze more and piece together what they’re reading. Life were better ended by their hate.”Than death prorogued,wanting of thy love.” Romeo gets her love and in the end pays the price of death for it too.
Works Cited:
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.1597
Maupassant, Guy de. The Necklace.1884
Petrakis,Mark.The Wooing of Ariadne.1960
Throughout the play Shakespeare makes many references to death between Romeo and Juliet, but never once talks about them actually killing themselves. When Juliet says, "Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, / As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. / Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale." (3.5.55-57) Romeo responds with, "And trust me, love, in my eye so do you." (3.5.58) It is talking about them being able to meet again. Also, Juliet says, "My grave is like to be my wedding bed." (1.5.150) Here Shakespeare is implying that Juliet will die a virgin, but the main point would be die.
The concept of foreshadowing is spoiling yet gives a reader thoughts and questions about what they have yet to read. The prologue to The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet might have the greatest example of foreshadowing because although you might already know the fate of the lovers, you may not know the fate of their families. "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life, / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Doth with their death bury their parents' strif." (1.0.6-8)
The Necklace is a story about a poor woman who goes to an exquisite party with a very expensive necklace from a friend, but what the woman doesn't know is that the necklace is made of fake diamonds. The woman loses the necklace and spends her whole life trying to pay back the money she owes for replacing the necklace. Although The Necklace doesn't have a huge amount of foreshadowing, one thing that really sparked an idea of foreshadowing was when Mme Loisel said, "Could you lend me this? Only this?" and Mme Forestier responded, "Why, yes, certainly." (Maupassant 161) We found her tone extremely sarcastic, like she couldn't believe she wanted to use her necklace. If it was really worth what a real diamond necklace would cost she wouldn't of given it away so easy, which made us think it might not be real.
The most pertinent thing our group discovered was that our actions have consequences so we must think before we act and make respectable and mature decisions.
Like all of these examples show foreshadowing is used to keep the reader engaged and aware of surprises coming later on in the story. Foreshadowing leaves the reader with questions and concerns and overall makes for a better story with more action or drama.
Authors use many different types of literary devices to engage readers, one of the most popular is foreshadowing. That is when an author gives hints to suggest what will happen later in the story. The Necklace and The Wooing of Ariadne both use examples of foreshadowing to surprise the reader and leave them with tough questions that keep them reading. Both stories along with The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet start the reader off with clues that will give them input about what will come later on in the play or story.
The purpose of this Prezi is to analyze and then explain why The Necklace and The Wooing of Ariadne embody the technique of foreshadowing with the help of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
As you read this story you notice there's so many conflicting factors and problems. First was the dress, second was the jewelry and on from there, but as soon as the couple have to borrow the money from friends you never know what will happen. When the author says, "He comprised his whole existence, in fact, risked his signature without even knowing whether he could make it good or not..." (Maupassant 164), you find out they're the type of people who would never steal or lose the trust of others, so you can guess that they'll pay back all of the money no matter how long it takes. Which in the end took ten wasted years.
Once a person shows that they want something they're going to go after it until they get it. Only knowing Ariadne for a night Marko immediately tells her he loves her, "I swear before God from this moment that I love you." (Petrakis 3) By saying that Petrakis shows an imediate example of foreshadowing. If Marko loves her the first time he sees her his love for her will just get stronger, so you know he'll continue to chase her.
This story is about a determined man and a selfish girl who won't love a man whose obviously in love with her. Marko tried everything and she still wouldn't love him but when Marko said things like, "If you struck out both my eyes. I would cherish the memory of your beauty forever." (Petrakis 3) Once Marko said that we knew they would end up together, the author used great examples of foreshadowing to show the reader that one day the two will end up together.