Without foreshadowing in this novel Oscar Wilde would never be able to get across the main problems and relations going on within the text. One of the most important uses of foreshadowing is within Sibyl’s depiction of Juliet in Shakespeare’s most well known tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Later in the novel readers figure out that this foreshows the inevitable disaster that befalls her and Dorian’s relationship. Oscar Wilde intently uses this to show people reading his novel that society has its ups and downs and it can break relationships apart, he uses the play as an example to show this. A vital part in the novel is depicted in the following quote: “That shall be given to you upstairs. I could not give it here. You will not have to read long,” (Wilde). This quote illustrates that Dorian Grey has a trick for Basil and foreshadows the fear that is about to rise. Without the great use of foreshadowing the meanings within the novel would not hold the same
Without foreshadowing in this novel Oscar Wilde would never be able to get across the main problems and relations going on within the text. One of the most important uses of foreshadowing is within Sibyl’s depiction of Juliet in Shakespeare’s most well known tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Later in the novel readers figure out that this foreshows the inevitable disaster that befalls her and Dorian’s relationship. Oscar Wilde intently uses this to show people reading his novel that society has its ups and downs and it can break relationships apart, he uses the play as an example to show this. A vital part in the novel is depicted in the following quote: “That shall be given to you upstairs. I could not give it here. You will not have to read long,” (Wilde). This quote illustrates that Dorian Grey has a trick for Basil and foreshadows the fear that is about to rise. Without the great use of foreshadowing the meanings within the novel would not hold the same