Shakespeare – gruppearbejde.

Foreshadowing
During the Elizabethan period foreshadowing or omens were a very used means
in the theatre. This was used to tell the character and the audience, what was
happening on stage and what was going to happen further on in the play. It can
be used as a prediction you could say. An example of foreshadowing can be seen
in Richard III, where Richard’s brother Clarence comes to warn Richard, that the
following battle against Richmond of Lancaster will end with Richard’s death.

”Let me sit heavy in thy soul tomorrow,

I, that was washed to death with fulsome wine,
Poor Clarence, by thy guile betrayed to death.
Tomorrow in the battle think on me,
And fall thy edgeless sword. Despair and die.”

(Cf. Act V, scene III, ll. 131-135).

Also a thing to note about this quote is the fact that the ghost of Clarence does
not address Richard formally as a king with using the word “your”; if this were
the case, the ghost of Clarence would not have said “thy” to King Richard. His
brother talks to him commonly if not degrading, and thereby takes Richard down
from the pedestal he adores and expects others to put him on.

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Heroic couplets
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The heroic couplets’ function was to make the audience realise an important
point stated in that section or simply to indicate an ending, for an example the
ending of a scene.