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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of foreshadowing. The function of foreshadowing is explored through examples from Chopin, Faulkner, and Jewett. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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well-constructed text. Firstly, it lays down a textual foundation that gives plausibility and credibility to the eventual outcome of the story, without which some endings (surprise endings, especially) might seem
contrived and implausible. Secondly, however, foreshadowing also employs the use of specific textual details to add multiple layers of nuance to a story, such that one might read certain parts
of the text as having multiple layers of meaning, simultaneously. Chopins "The Story of an Hour", Faulkners "A Rose for Emily", and Jewetts "A White Heron" all provide excellent examples
of how foreshadowing can be used to achieve a multitude of purposes within a narrative. This paragraph helps the student assess how foreshadowing is used in Chopins story. Kate Chopins
"The Story of an Hour" makes use of foreshadowing to lend credibility to its surprising "twist" ending. The foreshadowing, however, also adds multiple layers of meaning to certain passages of
the story. Thusly, a reader might be enriched by reading the story multiple times. The very first sentence of the text states that the main character is "afflicted with heart
trouble" (Chopin 2011). This lends credibility to the surprise ending when the character dies of a sudden heart attack; without setting up the ending in this way through foreshadowing, it
would seem to "come out of nowhere", and would be a jarring fit with the rest of the story (Chopin 2011). Later in the text, Chopin writes that the main
character hoped that "life would be long" despite "shudder[ing]" at such a thought only days before (Chopin 2011). The first time one reads the story, one glosses over this, but
after one knows the ending, it adds another layer of meaning to the passage; the statement is ironic because the characters life will be very short indeed. William Faulkners
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