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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Literary Feature Hunt: Foreshadow
Foreshadow is used in The Godfather, when Luca Brasi went to see Sollazo, the camera angle that was used did not make Luca Brasi the important subject in the shot. Instead, a glass wall with two golden fish. At the time when the audience first sees this camera trick, it is hard to understand why it has been made. Afterward, when Sonny is looking for Luca Brasi, a package or two dead fish is brought to Sonny. This was a Sicilian message signifying that "Luca Brasi swims with the fishes"- he is dead. The theme that this literary feature illuminates is that there is a sense of family in crime. This is also shown with the camera angles, and how the camera is put into the corner and kind of eye level with the other characters (like the audience is part of the scheme as well).
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I do not really see the foreshadowing in the example that you have given. Perhaps you are suggesting the idea that there will be more deaths within the "mafia family" because it is so dangerous? I believe that how the camera angle is eye level to the characters, it can capture how the characters are feeling and it can spread the tense atmosphere among the viewers. It also creates suspense because the movie started off quite peacefully with no real conflicts, but it is now displaying how dangerous the mafia business is.
ReplyDeleteIt was the fish in the glass and the fish that Sonny received about Luca Brasi's death.
ReplyDeleteWe also discussed this was foreshadow during class the day you weren't at school.