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The use of foreshadowing (SPOILERS)

posted 17 years ago by rexshard93
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I personally thought the use of foreshadowing was brilliant in the film.

1) After Mrs. Paradine drinks the wine, she looks at the portrait of her husband Colonel Paradine.

2) Here is a link to the picture that also foreshadow the ending.
http://www.hitchcockmania.it/filmografia/the_paradine_case/fotofilm/par22.jpg

3) Here is a link to another picture that also foreshadow the ending.
http://www.hitchcockmania.it/filmografia/the_paradine_case/fotofilm/par71.jpg

4) Simon Flaquer tells "This wasn't suicide. This wasn't assistant suicide. It was murder" in the beginning.

Unlike Witness for Prosecution, The Paradine Case is a simple case.

As Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck) explains it, the simple case has only 3 possibilities: Mr. Paradine poisoned himself, Mrs. Paradine did it, or the valet did it.

[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 17 years ago

The Paradine Cse

No, no sony . . Witness for the Prosecution is simplistic . . . The Paradine Case is Hitchcock's most sophisticated film . . . and please remember what Sir Simon said---"Simon Says"---"You don't have to tell me that the police are making a terrible mistake . . ."---I believe that's the correct line---he's right---they are making a mistake . . .
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