Othello

     Desdemona's death is foreshadowed in Act IV of Othello by William Shakespeare.  She talks to Emilia about the song her mom would always sing and how she died singing in.  Desdemona then said "That song will not go from my mind. . .Mine eyes do itch. Doth that bode weeping?" (IV.iii.29:56-57).  This shows that at some point she will die because that song is so close to her thoughts.  She also talks of feeling like she is going to cry.  All of this foreshadows her coming death in Act V.  Also, Emilia ends up singing the end of the song when she dies as well.  That song gives the readers a thought about their eventual deaths.  I knew right when Desdemona started talking about her mom dying singing that song that it would come up again later on. Desdemona dies an honest and faithful woman.  I was surprised to see that she did not tell Emilia that Othello is the one that killed her.  It truly shows how much she loved him.