The Overcoat

How does the author use foreshadowing in The Overcoat?

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Akaky suffers great anxiety while making his way into the dark square. His anxiety and discomfort foreshadow his being robbed.

“He entered the square not without some inadvertent fear, as if his heart had a foreboding of something bad.”

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The Overcoat, pg. 412