Question

Benvolio: O Romeo, Romeo! brave Mercutio's dead;
That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the clouds,
Which too untimely here did scorn the earth.

Romeo: This day's black fate on more days doth depend;
This but begins the woe others must end.

—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

What does the dialogue in this passage foreshadow?

People will be sad upon hearing the news of Mercutio’s death.
Mercutio will go to heaven.
Mercutio’s death will lead to other tragic events.
Romeo will be banished from Verona.

Answer 1

Mercutio’s death will lead to other tragic events.

Romeo’s line (“This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe others must end”) explicitly foreshadows that Mercutio’s death will set off further misfortune.