Examples Of Foreshadowing In And Then There Were None

Death. No one knows when it will happen. Everyone knows that it is coming. But, what if the signs of death were right in front of us this whole time? Often, creative writers including directors intentionally display signs that may possibly have a major significance than portrayed. Usually known as the term foreshadowing in literary circumstances. Author, Agatha Christie, of the book And Then There Were None and director, Olivia Newman, of the film Where the Crawdads Sing, undertake the task of creatively utilizing the literary element foreshadowing throughout the book and film. Although, the use of foreshadowing in both the movie and book leads to an unrelated ending. In the book And Then There Were None, 10 guests are invited to an island

Leaving one man left in the end. On the other hand, the film Where the Crawdads Sing, is a completely different story. Kya Clark, a girl who was abandoned when she was little, strives to be independent, she lives on her own, makes money on her own, and figures out a way of life without the love and support of her parents. She falls in love with two guys, Tate Walker and Chase Andrews. Eventually, Chase Andrews is found dead and Kya is blamed to be the main suspect for his death. As the case unfolds, secrets of Kya’s past do as well. While both subjects utillize the literary element foreshadowing throughout the plot, And Then There Were None promotes further curiosity and description for the readers. Essentially, Agatha Christie and Olivia Newman both directly apply foreshadowing into a form of a poem. In the book And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie includes a nursery rhyme called the 10 little soldier boys. More specifically, the last verse “One little soldier boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself And then there were none” (Christie 298) (Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were

However, this is not known until the very last pages of the book, keeping the readers on edge on who may be the murderer. In the film Where the Crawdads Sing, Kya writes a book about her experience living out in the marsh. She describes the strategy to survival in the marsh saying, “The marsh knows all about death and doesn’t neccessarily define it as tragedy, Certainly not a sin, it understands that every creature does what it must to survive, and that sometimes, for prey to live, it’s predator must die.” (5:55) (Where the Crawdads Sing. Directed by Olivia Newman, 2022.) Here, Kya describes life growing up in the marsh; however later on it is indicated that her description wasn’t written to portray her life on the marsh but to portray the death of Chase Andrews. She resembles Chase as the predator for the reason that he caused mental and physical abuse towards her which reminded her much of her father and childhood abuse. Kya would represent the prey who was fighting to survive. In order to survive the prey had to kill the predator to erase the past and move on