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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 Phantom of the Opera
Chapter 13
Explanation and Analysis—Christine & Erik :
Leroux uses foreshadowing to hint at impending events throughout the novel. For example, he foreshadows the conflict between Erik and Christine in Chapter 13 when Christine recounts seeing Erik's eyes and face:
through the holes that were his eyes, his nose and his mouth – the unfettered anger and sovereign fury of a demon; and yet not the slightest gleam from those eye sockets, for, as I was to learn later, his burning eyes only shone in the darkest night. Recoiling against the wall, I must have seemed the very embodiment of terror, just as he was hideousness incarnate.
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