litterary device glossary #6

Neal Chapman

Foreshadowing: an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. The author of a mystery novel might use foreshadowing in the early chapter of his book to give readers an inkling of an impending murder.

Example: it was a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground. (pride and prejudice, p207)

Function: Mr. Darcy is a quite, rude, socializing person. he like Elizabeth, but shows it in a weird, rude sort of way. Elizabeth starts off by hating Darcy. Eventually Darcy starts to grow on Elizabeth, but not before he proposes to her. she turns him down. When Elizabeth and her family go to pemberly, the house owned by Darcy. she goes on to describe it like it was the most amazing thing she had ever seen. she wanted to make sure that Darcy did not see her looking at the house and falling in love with it though. This is foreshadowing because Elizabeth falling in love with Darcy's home is the same as her falling in love with Darcy. Eventually she does fall completely in love with Darcy and does marry him.