Foreshadowing In The Sixth Sense

Feeling The Sixth Sense Brin-Jonathan Butler once said “At the heart of all romanticism is suffering,” which is the case when talking about the movie The Sixth Sense. In fact, most all the characters in the film are suffering in some kind of way. Indeed, the characters are not only suffering, but the foreshadowing, gothic mood and symbolism reinforces that suffering.
In the film, The sixth sense, the director Manoj Shyamalan, foreshadows countless events throughout the movie. One he is known for foreshadowing is the characters’ actions, intentions and appearances. There are an abundant amount of examples that Shyamalan uses to hint at the audience that Dr. Malcolm Crowe is actually dead and the only person that can see him is Cole. For instance, when Dr. Crowe walks into the restaurant that his wife is at. He starts off by apologizing to her about how busy his day has been and she just sits there and does not say a thing. The bill for the food then gets dropped off on the table, as Dr. Crowe reaches for it, she beats him to it and as she is paying for the food she says “happy anniversary” and leaves. In another case, that shows that Dr. Crowe is dead, is when he tries opening the downstairs door. There are two or three scenes where it shows him trying to open that door and each …show more content…
Not only does the director use everyday objects like a shirt to show foreshadow, he also uses the color red to appeal to the audience's emotions. Furthermore, the mood of the story does not only depict the suffering the characters went through, but it also appeals to romanticism and gives the audience a feeling of what the sixth sense actually feels like. All in all, the director did a great job to appeal all the accolades it takes to refer to the romanticism era, and too feel the eerie, grotesque setting in this entire