Washington Irving's Use Of Foreshadowing In The Devil And Tom Walker

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Have you ever Experienced foreshadowing in your everyday life such as hearing a strange sound and investigating. Even if you have not experienced this it is a very important literary device. Well Washington Irving and Ambrose bierce give great examples of foreshadowing. In their writings of an occurrence on owl creek bridge (bierce) and in the devil and tom walker(irving). Washington Irving And Ambrose bierce both use foreshadowing but irving has a more obvious use of it as to bierce whose is much more subtle. First i will showcase Washington Irving’s piece with a more noticeable amount of foreshadowing. Even in the title it foreshadows that the devil will be associated with our main character Tom Walker. In the Devil and Tom Walker by Irving

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