Foreshadowing - shows the future happening

Foreshadowing means to show or act as a sign of something that will happen in the future.

1. Foreshadowing

2. Definition Foreshadowing is a literary device in which the writer drops subtle hints about the plot developments to come later in the story You can think of foreshadowing as a way of giving the reader a chance to make a prediction about what might happen next in the story.

3. Types of Foreshadowing Direct Foreshadowing Direct foreshadowing is straightforward and obvious, and heightens the reader’s awareness and anticipation of things to come in the story. Indirect Foreshadowing Indirect foreshadowing, on the other hand, gives the reader subtle clues to events that will happen in the future.

4. Common Examples of Foreshadowing Dialogue ,such as “I have a bad feeling about this ” Symbols ,such as blood, certain colors, types of birds, weapon Weather motifs , such as storm, wind, rain, clearing clouds Characters Reaction , such as apprehension, curiosity, secrecy Time and Season ,such as midnight, dawn, spring, winter Settings ,such as graveyard, isolated path, battle field, river

5. Significance of Foreshadowing Foreshadowing can be found everywhere from ancient Greek tragedies and old English epics to contemporary novels and plays.
Authors might use foreshadowing so as to prepare the reader for some sort of shock or twist in the story.
Foreshadowing can also subtly shift the mood of a piece of literature by introducing either some optimism in a dark piece or hinting at a tragic outcome in what otherwise seems to be a happy story.
This usage of foreshadowing adds tension and leads to certain expectations on the part of the reader that the author can either satisfy.

6. Foreshadowing in Literary works Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo says, “ My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love .” This line foreshadows Romeo’s eventual fate: committing suicide over the loss of Juliet. Most of the major events in the play Macbeth are foreshadowed before they take place, although the hints can be incomplete or misleading. For example, when the witches first meet Macbeth, they reveal that he will someday be king, but they do not specify that he will obtain that position by murdering Duncan.

7. Foreshadowing in Disney Movies Lines said by Lion King Lines said by Mirada and her mom

8. Foreshadowing in Tamil Movies Appearance of snake Kamal Hassan movies

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