Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Landlady

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In the beginning of The Landlady, Billy is faced with two options to stay in Bath, England. The two options are to stay at the more well known and expensive pub (which he liked going to a pub last time), or go to the complete opposite. At the end of the short story The Landlady, Billy was poisoned by the landlady. I know Billy died because how Billy described the climate, what the landlady says, and how Billy feels. These are just some examples of why I believe that Billy was murdered by the landlady. The climate is foreshadowing Billy’s death. In the very first paragraph it states, “The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.” When Billy says the air was deadly cold, I believe that this is foreshadowing …show more content…

The landlady said a different answer before killing Billy because she knows Billy will die from the cyanide in the tea. In paragraph 160, it states, “ There were no other hats or coats in the hall. There were no umbrellas, no walking sticks - nothing. We have it all to ourselves, she said.” This is a lie because towards the end, in paragraph 400, the landlady states, “Left? She said, arching her brows. But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr. Temple is also here. They’re on the third floor both of them together.” Both Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple were both they’re, stuffed the entire time. In the 1800s they didn’t have flavored tea so in paragraph 380, Billy smells something strange with the tea. It states, “Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell… well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of. Pickled walnuts? New leather? Or was it the corridors of a hospital? The reason for this is the landlady put cyanide in his tea. Hence why it smells like a hospital. In conclusion, the landlady killed Billy with the cyanide in his tea. Then the landlady stuffed him because she is a taxidermist. Billy was killed in a sketchy neighborhood in the city was in Bath, England. I can conclude this from key evidence such as climate, what the landy says, and how Billy

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