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    Macbeth‚ he didn’t know what to do. Then‚ in the end‚ he couldn’t live with himself. This shows that he regretted what he did and then couldn’t live with himself be uses of guilt. In the playwright Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare uses symbolism and foreshadowing to create the theme of guilt cannot easily be washed away. William uses symbolism in the playwright‚ Macbeth to develop the theme‚ guilt can not be easily washed away. The symbol that was used in the play was blood. On page 59‚ the text

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    uses many examples of foreshadowing as well as other literary devices to keep the reader guessing.

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    Frankenstein’s family one by one to bring Frankenstein to the level of despair at which the monster resided. Foreshadowing‚ diction and imagery create horror by creating suspense and repulsion in quotes. Shelley’s ominous foreshadowing creates suspense throughout the novel for example hints at the death of Clerval when Frankenstein asks “Is this gentle and lovely being lost forever?” Foreshadowing creates horror throughout the novel by hinting on what will happen further

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    but he later learns that trusting people by how they are on the outside is dangerous. Roald Dahl uses foreshadowing and sensory details to show that trusting someone before knowing them can be dangerous. Impacting Billy Weaver the most‚ trust is the main issue in “The Landlady”. Because Billy Weaver judges the landlady by how she is on the outside‚ he puts himself in danger. For example‚ when he meets the landlady at first he is not suspicious when he should have been. He

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    first job when he happens to run into an old boarding house that strangly draws him towards it. Roald Dahl uses foreshadowing to create suspense in his short story The Landlady by talking about her past guest in past and present tense‚ how the house forces him to stay‚ and how he recognizes her past guests names. First‚ the old lady begins talking about her past guest in strange ways. An example includes when she states “Left?’ she said. ‘But my dear boy‚ he never left.’ ‘He is still here‚ Mr. Temple

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    came out again there’d be nothing there‚ no staircase‚ no planes‚ nothing but just walls‚ and then we’d make the walls fall down – somehow”. This is a great example of foreshadowing ‚ the author gives a hit as to what the plan is for the climax of the story. The author shows us this in various conflicts taking place the story. A great example of the first conflict in the story is when Mr. Thomas give the boys three packages of Smarties as a kind selfless gesture‚ the gang puzzled and suspicious

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    play‚ when someone was running‚ fast music would play. During the day Rose was cold towards Jack‚ at night their relationship prevailed and Rose was in love. This shows viewers that she didn’t want their relationship to be known. Cameron used foreshadowing throughout the Titanic which is shown when: the captain and crew are talking about the calm water‚ if there’s an iceberg they wouldn’t be able to see it‚ and when Rose explains that if something were to happen‚ there wouldn’t be enough lifeboats

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    A Told Future Can events in real life show what is going to happen in the short future? Showing foreshadowing can be essential for a short story. There are a wide variety in lines of foreshadowing‚ that are well displayed‚ in the stories “The Scarl Ibis” by James Hurst and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. In the short story “The Scarl Ibis”‚ a line which includes foreshadowing is‚ “I ran as fast as I could‚ leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us” (Hurst 323). This shows

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    The stories “Fox Hunt” and “Old Ben” both use the same elements foreshadowing and flashback. The story “Fox Hunt” is about a young boy who is about to take his exams and finds this girl who he suspects is a fox. His mom tells him a story of a fox girl helping his ancestors with their exams and the narrator investigates. The story “old Ben” is about a boy who finds a friendly snake and takes it in as a pet. His parents aren’t too happy about it at first but begin to like it. As the seasons change

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    the group splits into two the savages and the civilized but there was hints of foreshadowing all around the book of this slowly descending to savagery.Some examples of the foreshadowing start when the two main characters meet the other boys some of which are naked and nudity is usually seen down upon in the civilized world and the stereotype of the naked wild savage is popular in the civilized world and other example is jake’s rather fast descends to savagery and his rather one way of

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