Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady” is effective for the reader by cause of the well used foreshadowing and context clues. “The Landlady” is mainly rising action, and comes to a close before a climax is able to happen. Dahl's use of foreshadowing made for an engaging read. Without deliberately saying what is going to happen Dahl is able give the reader enough context clues to figure out what is happening. For example, before Mr. Weaver rings the doorbell Dahl uses foreshadowing to hint towards Mr. Weaver having a strange feeling about what is about the Bed & Breakfast. This may be a feeling of being watched or he could have have a bad feeling about what is going on in the Bed and Breakfast, This is confirmed when the landlady opens the
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Weaver to join her tea after he gets settled in his room. When Mr. Weaver comes downstairs he looks around the living room and notices the animals he saw while peaking in the window earlier. After getting a closer look he notices that the animals are dead, and in fact stuffed to look as if they are still alive. Mr. Weaver notices this after he reads threw the guest book and during a conversation with the landlady. The conversation happened over a cup of tea. The tea the landlady gives to Mr.Weaver taste bitter of almond. Which is the most subtle and important piece of foreshadowing in the story. The reason it is foreshadowing is because almonds contain arsenic. Arsenic is toxic to human when a large amount in ingested. The tea taste of almonds because the tea contains ground up arsenic. This is so the landlady may continue her hobby of taxidermy. This last piece of foreshadowing also helps to tie in why the landlady is so particular of who stays at her Bed & Breakfast. It also explains why there is only two entries in the guest book, and why they never signed out.
Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady” is effective for the reader by cause of the well used foreshadowing and context clues. Everything stated in the paragraphs above helps to prove that “The LandLady” is an effective short story. The story uses foreshadowing and context clues to tell the reader what happened since their is no actual ending to the story. The story is stops before a climax is able to
Weaver to join her tea after he gets settled in his room. When Mr. Weaver comes downstairs he looks around the living room and notices the animals he saw while peaking in the window earlier. After getting a closer look he notices that the animals are dead, and in fact stuffed to look as if they are still alive. Mr. Weaver notices this after he reads threw the guest book and during a conversation with the landlady. The conversation happened over a cup of tea. The tea the landlady gives to Mr.Weaver taste bitter of almond. Which is the most subtle and important piece of foreshadowing in the story. The reason it is foreshadowing is because almonds contain arsenic. Arsenic is toxic to human when a large amount in ingested. The tea taste of almonds because the tea contains ground up arsenic. This is so the landlady may continue her hobby of taxidermy. This last piece of foreshadowing also helps to tie in why the landlady is so particular of who stays at her Bed & Breakfast. It also explains why there is only two entries in the guest book, and why they never signed out.
Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady” is effective for the reader by cause of the well used foreshadowing and context clues. Everything stated in the paragraphs above helps to prove that “The LandLady” is an effective short story. The story uses foreshadowing and context clues to tell the reader what happened since their is no actual ending to the story. The story is stops before a climax is able to