Foreshadowing

Definition of Omen
Omen is a literary device in which a writer gives an early hint of what will come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story or chapter, and helps the reader develop expectations about upcoming events in the story. There are several ways to create omens.

A writer can use character dialogue to hint at what may happen in the future. Also, any event or action in the story can clue readers to future events or actions. Even the title of a work or the title of a chapter can act as a clue to suggest what is going to happen. Foreshadowing in fiction creates an atmosphere of suspense in a story, so readers are interested to know more.

Short examples of omen
The ending The cemetery flower is blooming, and its scent is spreading through your home, speaking softly the names of their dead.
(Heralds death)
The night was still Suddenly a cool breeze began to blow and it made for a windy night.
(Harbinger thunderstorm)
The most terrible thing happened on a stormy evening.
The battle between good and evil began.
(danger of harbingers)
Mary pulled back the curtains and saw some magpies sitting on the wall would no longer be body; However, they couldn't believe the thought.
(Harbinger murder)
An old man opens his drawer to find a magnifying glass and sees a revolver.
(Harbinger warning)
In the middle of the night the father hears the back door opening He hurries to check on his children, but a masked intruder blocks the way with a knife.
(Harbinger Threat)
Rainbow Sparks,
With glowing lights.
(harbinger optimism) ideas)
From the window the gusts look so angry, the roofs of tall buildings are pulled down and the trees in the city are torn open.
(foreshadows a person's fear)
Michael sees his own face under Donavan's mask.
(Heralds Donavan is his father)
They have made the decision to eliminate the evil eye forever
(Heralds damage to an evil character)
I observed devices,
The symbols in the books
To indicate the future written
( Heralds the writer)
As The colors of twilight blush
The eyes of the night awake
(Heralds the night)
The same old thought and the same old results
(Heralds change)
Examples of omens in literature
Example # 1: Romeo and Juliet (By Robert Francis)
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is rich in foreboding examples, one of which is the following lines from Act 2, Scene 2:

"Life ended better with his hatred ,
than extended death, lacking your love "

In the balcony scene, Juliet is concerned for Romeo's safety as She fears that his relatives may catch him. Romeo says, in the lines above, that he would rather have his love and die than not get his love and die later. Eventually, he gets love from him and dies. also for his love.

Example # 2: Great Expectations (by Charles Dickens)
Charles Dickens in Great Expectations uses a description of the weather in Chapter 39 to foreshadow momentous changes in the life of a character named Pip:

“Stormy and wet, stormy and wet; And mud, mud, mud, deep in all the streets. Day after day a vast and heavy veil had been sweeping across London from the East, and it moved still, as if in the East there were an Eternity of clouds and wind. furious had been the gusts, that the tall buildings of the city had been stripped of the lead from their roofs; and in the field, trees had been uprooted and the sails of the windmills had been carried away; and gloomy tales had come from the shore, of shipwrecks and deaths. Heavy gusts of rain had accompanied these windstorms, and the day I sat down to read was the worst of them all. “

The lines above are pips observation of the weather prior to Magwitch's arrival. It is a premonition as well as a representation of Pip's inner chaos. Just as the raging winds leave a trail of destruction in London, Magwitch's revelation opens a path to destruction in Pip's life.

Example 3: Da Vinci Code (by Dan Brown)
Examples of harbingers can also be found in mystery and detective stories. The type of premonition normally found in mystery or detective novels is known as "Red Herring" - this is a misleading hint that distracts readers by giving them false clues about future events.

For example, the character of the Bishop's is shown to be so suspicious of Aringarosa in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code that readers must suspect him as the mastermind of the entire conspiracy in the Church. His mysterious acts seem to anticipate the exposure of his crime in a later part of the narrative, but it is later revealed that he was innocent and not involved in any secret act. Characters like Bishop Aringarosa add to the mystery and tension of the novel.

Example # 4: Of Mice and Men (by John Steinbeck)
In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, George killing Candy's dog portends George killing Lennie, because Lennie is identical to the dog. Even the nature of the dog's death was the same as Lennie, as they were both shot in the back of the head. He chooses to kill Lennie himself to save him from being killed by a stranger

Example # 5: The Ancient Sailor's Frost (by S. Coleridge)
"His lips were red, his gaze was free ...
Who thickens the blood of the man with the cold. "

This part is the climax of the ship's misfortune, represented in a supernatural way. The arrival of a ghostly ship with ghosts like "Life-in-Death" In turn, the sailors lose hope and scare them to death. This indirectly heralds the death of the entire crew and builds anticipation for readers of what is about to happen next.

Example # 6: The Highwayman (By Alfred Noyes)
“The wind was a torrent of darkness through the gusty trees ...
ing -
The highwayman came riding, to the door of the old inn. ”

The previous lines are completely full of melancholic tone and omen. The first line says that the wind is "a torrent of darkness", where the darkness is an omen of danger. The description of night and weather as 'darkness' predicts the arrival of a dark story

Example # 7: The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls (By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
"The tide rises, the tide goes out,
The twilight sets It gets dark, the curlew calls ...
And the tide rises, the tide goes out. "

The title of the poem foreshadows the whole poem, how nature and life begin and end It is about the tides, their movements and the circle of life. The darkness and the ebb and flow of the tides predict that the travelers would never return.

Example # 8: David (by Earle Birney)
“Away from the wind and landed in gentian and saxifrage
Spilled on the moss ...
Cliff and splashed without being seen in the mist in the shadows. "about to happen.

Function
Generally, the function of foreshadowing is to generate anticipation in the minds of readers about what might happen next, thus adding dramatic tension to a story. deliberately used to create suspense in mystery novels, generally giving red herrings - or red herrings - to distract readers. In addition, premonition can make extraordinary and bizarre events seem believable as the events are predicted in advance so that readers are mentally prepared for them.
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