Foreshadowing and Inspiration

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Foreshadowing noun - Something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event.

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Inspiration and foreshadowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inspiration" instead a noun "Foreshadowing".

Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed

Inspiration noun - Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.

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Foreshadowing and inspiration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreshadowing" instead a noun "Inspiration".

One of the puzzles is a Baccarat table, and there's a conversation about the rules for Baccarat (specifically that the strongest hand is a Nine) which is used as foreshadowing for the inspiration of the Nonary Game.

Source: Playing Card Motifs
White Zombie (1932): Starring Bela Lugosi and made, according to some sources, in less than two weeks (foreshadowing most of the rest of Lugosi's career), this is almost certainly the first film to deal with zombies, and was the inspiration for the name of Rob Zombie's first band.

Source: B-Movie

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