Question

The other coughed, and rising, walked slowly to the window. "The firm wished me to convey their sincere sympathy with you in your great loss," he said, without looking round. "I beg that you will understand I am only their servant and merely obeying orders."

What does the dialogue foreshadow?

A. The messenger will take care of all funeral expenses.
B. The firm will give the parents money to compensate for their loss.
C. The old man will obey his wife's orders to make another wish.
D. The wife will be incapacitated with grief over her son's death.

Answer 1

The given dialogue has been taken from the short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs.

Foreshadowing is a literary technique that is used to give hints to reader in a piece of fiction about what is going to happen next in the piece of fiction.

B. The given dialogue foreshadows that "The firm will give the parents money to compensate for their loss. "