# Epigraph explained — Nostromo

> Chapter companion for Nostromo by Joseph Conrad.

## What happens

The epigraph, a quote from Shakespeare, foreshadows the turbulent events and moral storms that will unfold in the novel, suggesting that profound upheaval is necessary to clear a corrupt or oppressive atmosphere.

## Key lines

> So foul a sky clears not without a storm.

Such a corrupt or troubled situation cannot be resolved without a major upheaval or crisis.

_The epigraph sets a tone of impending conflict and moral reckoning._

## Links

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