We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes, And Our Sacred Honor.” All fifty-six signers put their lives on the line to preserve and protect the freedoms they felt were the God-given unalienable rights of all people.
The correct answer is forging
It foreshadows the outcome of the play. This is because it mentiones that they are dead. It allows you to guess what is going to happen next as both the lovers die and the families end their fued only after their children's death.