Explain How Ovid Foreshadows The Fall Of Icarus

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How Ovid foreshadows the fall of Icarus throught the story, he really wasn't paying much attention to his father. As it says in the article pharagraph 2, Daedalus started to cry while trying to warn his son of the danger that will cause him too lose his wings. Also in the story, Icarus abandoned his guide , his father, and was so amused with the delight of flying, didn't realized that he was to close to the sun . His wings began to melt. So he was so couth up with his pride he didn't heed his dads warning, so he died.

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