All 4 Uses of
omen
in
The House of the Spirits
- The only ones left in the parlor were Clara, with the animal on her lap, her parents, who were locked in terrified embrace at the thought of such an evil omen, and her fiance, who could not comprehend such an uproar over a dead dog; but when he realized that Clara was transfixed, he picked her up in his arms and carried her half-conscious to her room, where Nana's ministrations and Dr. Cuevas's pills prevented her from falling back into her stupor and her muteness.†
Chpt 3omen = sign of something about to happen
- Everyone continued eating and the musicians continued playing without missing a single note, but Esteban Trueba jumped up as if it were an omen.†
Chpt 4 *
- They showered Alba with expensive gifts and dolls with special mechanisms that enabled them to walk, cry, eat, and carry out other typically human feats, stuffed her with cream puffs and took her to the zoo, where the child wept with pity for the poor captive animals, especially the seal, who stirred dreadful omens in her soul.†
Chpt 9omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- The first omen of her death was perceptible only to her.†
Chpt 9omen = sign of something about to happen
Definition:
a sign of something about to happen