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If foreshadowing is not done carefully, the common [[experiences]] of life can make the foreshadowing too obvious and allow the audience to [[predict]] the outcome of the story. Example: a character behaves in an odd and erratic [[fashion]] and complains continuously of a headache, then later is diagnosed with a [[brain]] tumor. Foreshadowing can also be used dishonestly in a [[mystery]], where a series of events which points to a conclusion is later found to be composed of unlikely [[coincidences]] which have been "dishonestly" added to the story by the [[author]] in an artificial way, with the sole [[purpose]] of drawing the audience into an incorrect [[expectation]]. In such cases, the audience feels [[manipulated]], and the story may be less satisfying.
If foreshadowing is not done carefully, the common [[experiences]] of life can make the foreshadowing too obvious and allow the audience to [[predict]] the outcome of the story. Example: a character behaves in an odd and erratic [[fashion]] and complains continuously of a headache, then later is diagnosed with a [[brain]] tumor. Foreshadowing can also be used dishonestly in a [[mystery]], where a series of events which points to a conclusion is later found to be composed of unlikely [[coincidences]] which have been "dishonestly" added to the story by the [[author]] in an artificial way, with the sole [[purpose]] of drawing the audience into an incorrect [[expectation]]. In such cases, the audience feels [[manipulated]], and the story may be less satisfying.
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The high mission of any [[art]] is, by its [[illusion]]s, to '''foreshadow''' a higher universe [[reality]], to crystallize the [[emotions]] of [[time]] into the [[thought]] of [[eternity]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA 48.7.23]
==References==
==References==
# Philip Martin, The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature: From Dragon's Lair to Hero's Quest, p 146, ISBN 0-87116-195-8
# Philip Martin, The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature: From Dragon's Lair to Hero's Quest, p 146, ISBN 0-87116-195-8
# Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism, p 139, ISBN 0-691-01298-9
# Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism, p 139, ISBN 0-691-01298-9
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