can anyone give me an example of foreshadowing?

Answer 1

"My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me
That I must love a loathed enemy."
( My only love springs from my only hate!
I saw him too early when I didn't know him, and now when I realize who he is, it is too late!
This is a horrible beginning to love
That I must love a loathed enemy. )
Shakespeare's The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet, Act I, Scene V
--------------> The foreshadowing of Juliet's love for Romeo, which shows a terrible future due to the hatred between the 2 households: Capulet ( Juliet) and Montague ( Romeo).
I hope that helps. This is one of the simpliest form of foreshadowing that I could find.

Answer 2

foreshadowing is a term referring to certain things or events that make u guess what is going to happen in the future. for example, in the movie The Sixth Sense, the symbol for the dead people was the color red, so whenever ud see the color red, like a ballon or a tablecloth, you know a dead person will appear soon. Its what makes the future predictable.

Answer 3

he turned the doorknob to his room, unknowing of the perils that were waiting inside.

or

she told the police of the matter without pause, but would soon learn that not everyone was as good intentioned as she was.

to foreshadow is to hint at something that has yet to pass. in both instances, the characters are performing actions without knowing that something is looming outside of their understanding. it's effective as hell when writing in series and is used nearly everytime a chapter ends in a thriller/suspense story. good luck.

Answer 4

If you've ever read 'Angels and Demons', by Dan Brown, in the beginning, when Kohler is leading Langdon around the CERN building, you come to the 'anti-gravity' kind of place.
Here's the quote:

"Friction," Kohler said. "Decreases her aerodynamics so the fan can lift her." He started down the corridor again. "One square yard of drag will slow a falling body almost twenty percent."
Langdon nodded blankly.
He never suspected that later that night, in a country hundreds of miles away, the information would save his life.
*end quote*

In reading this, you know something's going to happen later in the story. Hope this helps.