Foreshadowing in Harry Potter
prefectmarcus
prefectmarcus at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 6 19:54:56 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 39490
All this talk about foreshadowing has got me thinking. How much
foreshadowing is there in Harry Potter really?
I am not talking about hints, small details that become important
later, and possible red herrings. I am talking lightening struck
trees ala "Jane Eyre." Things like a strange shadow falling across
Cedric's face, Lupin standing under a picture of a wolf, that sort of
thing.
Harry talking to the Boa Constrictor is not a foreshadow. It is a
detail that becomes important later. Lupin's lunar-boggart is a hint,
not a foreshadow.
I know we have dreamed up a whole bunch of them, but what foreshadows
have we actually seen come to pass? Would Psuedo-Moody arriving with
a Clap-of-Thunder be considered foreshadowing or just a dramatic
entrance?
I am curious at your thoughts.
Marcus
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