{"id":1406880,"date":"2021-06-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1403470"},"modified":"2021-05-29T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T18:38:59","slug":"18-of-the-most-brilliant-lines-of-foreshadowing-in-literature-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/18-of-the-most-brilliant-lines-of-foreshadowing-in-literature-2\/","title":{"rendered":"18 of the Most Brilliant Lines of Foreshadowing in Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/litfirstdateideasstarcrossedMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It could be a throwaway comment, a weird dream, a madman babbling dire warnings that don&#8217;t make sense until later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what form it comes in, really good foreshadowing will give you a sense of unease. Really good foreshadowing will seem obvious in hindsight. Really good foreshadowing will force you to set the book down for a moment while you collect yourself because OH GOD SOMETHING&#8217;S COMING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, with that in mind, here are some lines of literary foreshadowing so brilliant you can practically hear Han Solo saying, <em>\u201cI&#8217;ve got a bad feeling about this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It could be a throwaway comment, a weird dream, a madman babbling dire warnings that don&#8217;t make sense until later.&nbsp; No matter what form it comes in, really good foreshadowing will give you a sense   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[8389,628,2335,18400,25017,346],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406880"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406880"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446530,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406880\/revisions\/1446530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}