Foreshadowing

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Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an writer drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story. In Lost this device is widely used, leading to a long list of unanswered questions. The additional literary technique of a flashforward on Lost is similar to that of foreshadowing, but addresses the mystery from a different perspective, again cluing at what is to come in the gap between events.

Storyline Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 Apophenia • Bloopers/Errors • Timeline • Transcripts • Verisimilitude v • t • e
Themes	Animals • Black & white • Character languages • Children • Coincidence • Connections • Course-correction • Deceptions & cons • Dreams & visions • Economics • Electromagnetism • Eyes • Fate vs. free will • Fear • Games • Good & bad people • Healing properties • Imprisonment • Irony • Isolation • Languages • Leadership • Life & death • Miracles • Missing body parts • Numbers • Parent issues • Philosophy • Physics • Pregnancies • Premonitions • Psychology • Rain • Rebirth • Redemption • Religions • Rivalries • Sacrifice • Salvation • Science • Science versus faith • Secrets • Time • Time travel • Trust
Lists & Tallies	Abduction and kidnapping • Affairs • A-Missions • Automobiles • B-Missions • Bars • Body count • Books • Car accidents • Characters • Character appearances • Character languages • Churches • Cities & countries • Crashes (stranding) • Crimes • Deceased islanders • DHARMA logos • DHARMA stations • Family Trees • F-missions • Fights • Funerals • Hostages • Hotels • Hygiene • Injuries • Kissing • Law Enforcement • Logos • Medical personnel • Military • Miracles • Music • Missions •Nicknames • O-Missions • Occupations • Regularly spoken phrases • Relationships • Sex • Shootings • Speeches • Station explorers • Surgery • Survivors of Flight 815 • T-shirts • Weapons
Literary techniques	Comparative: Irony • Juxtaposition • Plotting: Cliffhanger • Plot twist • Stock Characters:  Archetype • Redshirt • Unseen character• Story:  Deus ex Machina • Flashback • Flashforward • Regularly spoken phrases • Symbolism • Unreliable narrator • Unseen character
See also: All Portals