Theme Of Foreshadowing In The Landlady

The Landlady by Roald Dahl is a short story about a young man, called Billy Weaver, who is on a business trip in a little English town called Bath. Unfortunately, he arrives at the wrong place and that might involve getting him into trouble. In Roald Dahl’s short story ‘The Landlady, the author uses foreshadowing, characterisation, and irony to convey the idea that one should not take things as they seem.

First of all, the author uses many examples of foreshadowing in the Landlady. Here are some examples of foreshadowing that have led the audience in suspense:
The ridiculously cheap rent that the landlady is offering to Billy
No other hats, coats, umbrellas, or walking sticks in the hall
She talks about how they were young and handsome just like Billy
She talks about Mr. Temple having an unblemished body with skin like a baby 's. This is so creepy to me (in my opinion) as it tells the readers that something is going to happen and the readers get suspicious on whether the landlady is a nice old woman or a psychopathic serial killer.
She said that Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple never left the house, and were on the third floor, but they were dead.
The two names that Billy recognized were possibly the names of missing people printed in the newspaper, and if you didn 't notice, basically, the old woman

Another example of Billy 's personality is his naiveness. Even when he remembers that he has heard about the disappearances of the landlady 's 'guests ' mentioned in the newspaper, he continues to believe her even when she keeps denying the fact that Billy is talking about 'her ' Mr.Mulholland and Mr.Temple. Another aspect of his personality is his curiosity about why the landlady hasn 't been "simply swamped by applicants" as "There were no other hats or coats in the hall. There were no umbrellas, no walking sticks - nothing. ", even though there were 2 people 'living ' at the bed and breakfast. This is also an example of foreshadowing which I