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A Short Summary On Foreshadowing

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Foreshadowing is used to make the reader feel suspense. Foreshadowing often gives the reader this feeling of curiousness or uneasiness by giving hints of an event that has happened or is going to happen but, never tell specifically what that event is. For instance, if the text states “As we flew to the scene in our helicopters, we could already see collapsed buildings and shattered windows. We could already tell that this would not be an easy day for the Red Cross.”, then I can infer that a natural disaster happened based on the fact that buildings were collapsed and windows were shattered. That sentence made the writing much better than just stating “After the disaster we flew in to see the damages”, this doesn’t make the reader sit at
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In the novel Wieland, or the Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown the word “calamity” is used numerous times in the text as a foreshadowing device. The word is used in strategic places in the novel that lead up to major plot points. First, it the word calamity and it variations stuck out among the rest of the diction because the author had an extensive vocabulary so it was odd that he would repeat one word. It cannot be an accident that Brown used one word so many times because there are many other words he could have used instead such as: tragedy, cataclysm, catastrophe, misfortune, hardship, and disaster, just to name a few.

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Foreshadowing is revealed here by Uchida because the night is very dark with no moon. The quiet night with no moon foreshadows something unpleasant will happen. The moon cannot provide light which is a symbol of safety. Therefore, it brings out darkness which represents death. The darkness creates a sense of foreboding for Henry Toda as he steps out his door.

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