Both Uses of
foreshadow
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- 'Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead.†
p. 247.9foreshadow = is/are a sign of
- I told my Grade 12 English class that they should reread what Hardy called the first "phase" of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the part called "The Maiden"; although I had drawn their attention to Hardy's fondness for foreshadowing, the class was especially sleepyheaded at spotting these devices.†
p. 312.6 *foreshadowing = being a sign of
Definition:
to be a sign of future events