Examples Of Foreshadowing In And Then There Were None

“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Alfred Hitchcock once said. The suspense of knowing or not knowing what’s coming next is one of the most thrilling things when watching a movie or reading a book. This is what foreshadowing does in any form of media. Two great examples of foreshadowing in the media are in the novel And Then There Were None and also in the movie Knives Out. The novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie's is about 10 strangers all brought to an island together. There is one murderer among them who slowly kills off each person. The 2019 film Knives Out is about Harlan Thrombey’s murder and his family’s investigation to find out who killed Harlan. There is a detective hired, Benoit Blanc,

In the novel And Then There Were None, one of the characters, Vera Claythorne, unknowingly hints towards her death. “She stared up at the ceiling, stared at the big black hook in the middle of the room. She’d never noticed that hook before.” (Christie’s, 230). Not too much later in the novel, Vera subsequently hung herself from said black hook. Vera claims she “never noticed that hook before” which shows that she is unaware of her surroundings and how they can affect her. Similarly in the movie Knives Out, Harlan’s housekeeper had told him a murder mystery which later led to him dying in practically the same way. The housekeeper (Fran) is telling a murder mystery story to Harlem Thrombey. This murder mystery is about a man who is drugged unknowingly and is killed.() This story ends up coming true in the murder of Harlan. Neither Fran or Harlan had any idea that her story would later come

At the beginning of the book we see a poem about ten little soldier boys and how they each die off one by one. The poem is referred to often in the book when the characters are thinking about the next or a past death. This quote shows one of the characters, Emily Brent, referring to the poem. “Six little soldier boys playing with a hive. And that’s why I’m asking-do they keep bees on this island?” (Christie, 201) This same character is then killed by what looks like a bee sting. Emily Brent’s worry is prominent because she knows that this poem is a reflection of the next kill. In Knives Out, it’s not as plain and simple. While trying to figure out who is responsible for the murder of Harlan, Marta (Harlan’s caretaker) stumbles upon Ransom, who is the outcast of the family. As the two both are wanting to escape the drama of the Thrombey family, they sit down at a restaurant together and eat. At this point, the audience doesn’t really understand why these two characters are hanging out together when they seem like they hate each other. The audience is lost on the significance of this moment. But later they end up learning Ransom wanted Marta to eat so that she could tell the truth because we saw earlier in the film that Marta throws up when she lies. Due to the