Foreshadowing
• You MUST tell how the specific quotation is
a hint for a future event.
• If you don’t tell WHAT specific event is
foreshadowed, it is not a solid analysis.
• You CANNOT only say:
– “It gives a hint about what will happen to the
men later on”
• You must tell us how it hints at what actually
happens in the story.
Foreshadowing in “The Interlopers”
• Quote:
– “In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the
eastern spurs of the Carpathians, a man stood one
winter night watching and listening, as though he
waited for some beast of the woods to come within
the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle” (Saki
255).
• Foreshadowing:
– By indicating that the man (Ulrich) was “watching
and listening, although he waited for some beast
of the woods,” the author foreshadows that Ulrich
will meet the wolves/beasts at the end of the story
(Saki 255).
Foreshadowing in “The Interlopers”
• Quote:
– “…as boys they had thirsted for one another’s
blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might
fall on the other…” (Saki 256).
• Foreshadowing:
– The idea that the two men always wished
“misfortune might fall” on each other foreshadows
the tree falling on the both men (Saki 255).
Misfortune (the tree) literally fell on both men.
Verbal Irony
• Verbal irony when a character’s spoken
words contrast with what is expected.
• Verbal Irony must be dialogue
• OR: if the story is written in first person,
the narrator can convey verbal irony.
Verbal Irony in “The Interlopers”
• Quote:
– Georg states, “‘For form’s sake I shall send my
condolences to your family’” (Saki 258).
• Verbal Irony:
– Neither the reader nor Ulrich’s family would expect
that Georg would offer condolences to the enemy
Van Gradwitz family if Ulrich passed away,
especially if Georg participated in his death.