Mother Courage and Her Children

How does the author use foreshadowing in Mother Courage and Her Children?

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When Mother Courage uses the black crosses to tell the future, she foreshadows the end. As she tears the papers, she says, "...may all of us be torn apart like this if we let ourselves get too mixed up in the war."

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