The foreshadowing is that church is where someone wishes to see what God thinks and letting God to tell them if they should spare the person or kill the person based on what they do. In a quote,” Marco is coming, Eddie. (Pause. Beatrice raises her hands in terror.) He’s praying in the church. You understand? (Pause. Rodolpho advances into the room.) Catherine, I think it is better we go. Come with me” (Arthur Miller 76). This foreshadowing of that Marco coming with vengeance with God’s prayer because Eddie betrayed him and shouldn’t be able to last that long in …show more content…
The play uses foreshadowing to illustrate to the audience that something will happen in the future sections of the play which is implied but not happening yet. While the irony is that the character or narrator states something which is contradicted what the person did originally. This leads to Eddie Carbone’s downfall as the main character where it is foreshadowed that he will meet his doom at the hands of God. Even though Eddie loves his wife, Beatrice and Catherine and wants the best for them, he still is really protective of how he wants Catherine to live her life because she doesn’t have experience in the world. Overall, the moral of the play is that sometimes it best to let go of things that will drag you down and instead go for the light because betrayal can be a disastrous thing to both