In the story "The Black Cat," the narrator uses foreshadowing to create suspense when he mentions his wife's comment that black cats are believed to be witches in disguise.
Explanation:
Foreshadowing is a literary device which is used by the writer to give a hint in advance to the readers. It helps in making certain predictions incident going to happen in the story. In the story, the mentioning of the black cat as a symbol of being witches in disguise is an example of foreshadowing. At the end of the story, the cat is seen to be sitting on the head of the narrator's dead wife.
