1. Dangerous Behavior And Narrow-Mindedness
Irony and foreshadowing litter this short story with signs of how the ending will eventually unfold. ... With her being nervous and anxious that itself, foreshadows her death. Jackson's literary device foreshadowing leads to the dreadful and dangerous behavior of superstition. One of the immediate foreshadowing events at the beginning of the story is when the narrator describes the children as being uneasy about being out of school. ... Jackson's writing has shown private and public thoughts between the townspeople and Mrs. ...
- Word Count: 1226
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School