In Act IV, Scene iii, of Romeo and Juliet, in her soliloquy after her mother and the Nurse have left, Juliet says, “I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins / That almost freezes up the heat
of life.”
What might this remark lead one to predict?
A. Juliet is terribly frightened and will not carry out Friar Lawrence's plan.
B. Juliet is already ill and probably has pneumonia.
C. Something will go wrong with the plan of feigning death.
D. Juliet fears her mother will learn of her plan.
C. Something will go wrong with the plan of feigning death. It is foreshadowing the unexpected events that lead to her death.
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