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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
Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—Quick Vision of Death:
Edna’s death by drowning is first foreshadowed in Chapter 6, after Robert asks Edna if she’d like to go bathing:
[Edna's] glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreat.
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Chapter 10
Explanation and Analysis—Quick Vision of Death:
Edna’s death by drowning is first foreshadowed in Chapter 6, after Robert asks Edna if she’d like to go bathing:
Unlock with LitCharts A+[Edna's] glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreat.
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Chapter 39
Explanation and Analysis—Broken Wing:
Moments before Edna’s tragic death occurs, the novel foreshadows her tragic fate:
Unlock with LitCharts A+A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above, reeling, fluttering, circling disabled down, down to the water.
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