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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
Book 1, Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis—Blood and Wine:
The cask of wine that breaks open on the streets of Saint Antoine foreshadows the upcoming revolutionary bloodshed:
A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street […] All the people within reach had suspended their business, or their idleness, to run to the spot and drink the wine […] A shrill sound of laughter and of amused voices […] resounded in the street while this wine-game lasted […] it stained many hands […]
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Book 3, Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—Trapped in France:
As Darnay embarks on his ill-fated journey to France, he can feel himself becoming increasingly trapped as he draws closer to Paris. Dickens uses metaphor to evoke Darnay’s sense of imprisonment:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Not a mean village closed upon him, not a common barrier dropped across the road behind him, but he knew it to be another iron door in the series that was barred between him and England. The universal watchfulness so encompassed him, that if he had been taken in a net, or were being forwarded to his destination in a cage, he could not have felt his freedom more completely gone.
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