Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 13 AIL 1237 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Foreshadowing
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The idea
Foreshadowing is an early detail that prepares a later event. The glossary has no headword, though it defines flashback, which is its mirror. Oedipus's curse foreshadows his own exile, and the audience recognises it as foreshadowing only because it already knows.
In practice
An early detail, preparing a later one.
Where people slip
Flashback is defined; this is not.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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