Which line in this excerpt from Shakespeare's Hamlet contains an element of foreshadowing?

HORATIO: As thou art to thyself.
>>>>Such was the very armour he had on
When he the ambitious Norway combated.
So frowned he once when, in an angry parle,
>>>>He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice.
'Tis strange.

MARCELLUS: Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
>>>>With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.

HORATIO: In what particular thought to work I know not,
But in the gross and scope of mine opinion
>>>>This bodes some strange eruption to our state.
(William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene I)

The lines with the ( >>>> ) beside it are the lines it is asking about.

The word bodes is similar to foreboding. Foreboding is the feeling that something bad is going to happen. This is further stated after the word bodes in the rest of the line when it says "strange eruption to our state." Foreshadowing is a hint for an event or events that will occur later in the story. Here it is foreshadowed that something bad is going to happen.

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topeadeniran2 topeadeniran2 · Answer 2 · 2022-04-15T13:34:33+02:00

The line that has an element of foreshadowing is "This bodes some strange eruption to our state".

What is foreshadowing?

Foreshadowing simply means the hint for an event or events that will occur later in the story.

The word bodes is similar to foreboding. In this case, the that has an element of foreshadowing is "This bodes some strange eruption to our state".

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