The blog that I made before (with the same topic), was not accurate. Only now, I realize that there is another possible example for foreshadow; the broken car scene where Kay was talking to Tom Hagen. The scene that foreshadows this scene is the scene where Appolonia gets blown-up in their (Michael and her) car. Fabrizzio was the culprit who put a bomb in their car to kill Michael. Unfortunately, Appolonia was an innocent bystander.
When Kay asked about the smashed-up car, Tom Hagen said (along the lines of) "it was an accident, nobody was hurt". Does this mean that Coppola was trying to tell us that Appolonia's death was unimportant and "it was an accident"?
I think so.
In Alisha's blog (http://alishaenglish10.blogspot.com/2010/12/significance-of-broken-car.html), she said that she thought that the accident was referring to Kay, and as we know, that is not the case.
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13 years ago
This is an interesting idea. It seems likely that Appolonia's death was unimportant, as she was brought into the storyline only to be killed off almost immediately. It also appears to be true that her death was an accident, because Fabrizzio thought Michael was going to be travelling alone, instead of with Appolonia. The car bomb was meant to kill only Michael, not Appolonia as well.
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