eli5 What is foreshadowing?
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Foreshadowing is giving the reader or viewer a hint of what is about to happen later in the story. It can be done in a number of different ways depending on the medium.
Imagine you’re watching a movie where the protagonist is trying to take revenge on a mighty king. Early on in the movie we get some shots of the capital city and just as we see a large statue of said king triumphantly posing with a scepter and weapon, the narrator mentions how a prophet said the king was promised by the gods to never lose in battle and that another man’s blade shall never pierce his heart – if the movie ends with the protagonist pushing the king off a balcony so that he is impaled by the sword held by his own statue then you would consider his death having been foreshadowed early on in the movie.
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