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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 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Chapter 4
Explanation and Analysis—Long Lashes:
Android women's remarkable eyelashes are a motif in the novel. In Chapter 6, when John Isidore meets Pris, Dick remarks on Pris's eyelashes to foreshadow her real identity:
Now he saw that she had a nice figure, although small, and nice eyes markedly established by long black lashes.
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Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—Long Lashes:
Android women's remarkable eyelashes are a motif in the novel. In Chapter 6, when John Isidore meets Pris, Dick remarks on Pris's eyelashes to foreshadow her real identity:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Now he saw that she had a nice figure, although small, and nice eyes markedly established by long black lashes.
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Chapter 15
Explanation and Analysis—Euphemia:
In Chapter 15, Rick brings a new, real goat home to a delighted Iran. The name he suggests is an allusion that foreshadows what will come to pass between him and Rachael:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Something warned him. Something made him say, “Let’s not go down to the apartment yet. Let’s stay up here with the goat. Let’s just sit and look at her and maybe feed the goat something. They gave me a bag of oats to start us out. And we can read the manual on goat maintenance; they included that, too, at no extra charge. We can call her Euphemia.”
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