In the tragedy of macbeth, act iii, scene i, what does macbeth mean when he says, “upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/and put a barren scepter in my gripe,/thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand,/no son of mine succeeding"? a. he will be the victim of many violent crimes, including robbery. b. his royal possessions have no monetary value. c. his children will hate him. d. his royal position will not be passed on to his children.

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.