Foreshadowing
Name the foreshadowing
Score: 0/0"These violent delights have violent ends."
What does this foreshadow?
Foreshadowing: Hints planted early in a story that point toward later events.
Foreshadowing buys the ending its sense of inevitability: plant the hint quietly enough and the climax feels both surprising and, in hindsight, promised.
Spot the Foreshadowing
Score: 0/0Hints planted early in a story that point toward later events.
"These violent delights have violent ends."
Which work is this from?
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Foreshadowing: common questions
What is foreshadowing in literature?
Hints planted early in a story that point toward later events. Foreshadowing buys the ending its sense of inevitability: plant the hint quietly enough and the climax feels both surprising and, in hindsight, promised.
What is an example of foreshadowing?
A classic example is "These violent delights have violent ends." (Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare).
What is the difference between foreshadowing and a red herring?
Foreshadowing is a genuine early hint of what will happen; a red herring is a planted false hint meant to lead the reader's suspicion in the wrong direction. Mysteries run on using both at once.
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