Romeo and Juliet

Remember the phrase, “star-crossed” lovers in the Prologue? What does Romeo foreshadow at this point in the play?

Cite Evidence from text Act One Scene Four

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Romeo foreshadows that he is ruled by his passions about love. He is either enthralled by it or, at this point, depressed by it,

I am too sore enpiercèd with his shaft
To soar with his light feathers, and so bound,
I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe.
Under love’s heavy burden do I sink. Act 1 sc 4