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Definition of Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved directly or indirectly, by making... read full definition
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved... read full definition
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the... read full definition
Key Examples in Cry, the Beloved Country
Book I, Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—Going Astray:
With the news of Arthur Jarvis’s death and his son still at large, Stephen Kumalo’s premonitions in Chapter 11 mark just the start of his trials. Suspecting that his son might be the crime’s culprit, his fearful inklings foreshadow all the misfortunes to come:
They walked to the gate of the little house of Mrs. Lithebe. Kumalo lifted to his friend a face that was full of suffering.
This thing, he said. This thing. Here in my heart there is nothing but fear. Fear, fear, fear.
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