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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 Tempest
Act 1, scene 2
Explanation and Analysis—The Tempest and Caliban:
One example of foreshadowing in The Tempest is the way that Shakespeare frequently hints at Prospero's final decision to relinquish his magic and be restored as the Duke of Milan. Another example is the tempest; it foreshadows the way that the island upturns social conventions. Miranda's description of the tempest in Act 1, Scene 2 sets the scene for a sequence of political and social upheavals:
The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,
But that the sea, mounting to th' welkin's cheek,
Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel,
Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,
Dash'd all to pieces. O, the cry did knock
Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish'd.
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