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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 The Bean Trees
Chapter 13: Night-Blooming Cereus
Explanation and Analysis—Bury the Dollies:
In this moment of Chapter 13, the narration uses personification to infuse Turtle’s play with figurative meaning:
She never did anything with the anatomical rag dolls except plant them under Cynthia’s desk blotter […] Cynthia was concerned about Turtle’s tendency to bury the dollies, believing that it indicated a fixation with death, but I assured her that Turtle was only trying to grow dolly trees.
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