There are numerous examples of foreshadowing in James
Hurst's short story, "The Scarlet Ibis." The appearance of the ibis settling in the
bleeding tree is one of the most obvious. The fact that it is a scarlet-colored bird
(scarlet being the color of blood) is another. In fact, the color red is repeated often
in the story. Others include:
- The mention of the
blooming "graveyard flowers... speaking softly the names of our
dead." - The continued mention and presence of Doodle's
coffin. - The narrator claims that Doodle's real name,
William Armstrong, "sounds good only on a
tombstone." - References to the dead on the battlefields of
World War I. - Aunt Nicey's claim that "Dead birds is bad
luck... specially red dead birds." - Black clouds gathered
before the storm.
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