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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 7
Explanation and Analysis—Dead Soldier's Corpse:
Confused and guilty after fleeing from his first experience of battle, Henry wanders into the woods. At first, the woods seem comfortingly beautiful, and Henry is happy to find himself in a small clearing. However, he then stumbles upon a Union soldier’s corpse. In a moment that foreshadows the other deaths Henry will witness in the novel, Crane describes the decaying corpse in detail:
The eyes, staring at the youth, had changed to the dull hue to be seen on the side of a dead fish. The mouth was open. Its red had changed to an appalling yellow. Over the gray skin of the face ran little ants.
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