It's ironic foreshadowing, because the author made Aran'gar's thought in KoD - which I agree was cynical, because actually she killed her allies - come literally true: her new ally died as all the others, misfortune actually played a part in this, Graendal wasn't useful anymore in Arad Doman & in the story, she didn't even have a grave because of her balefire death, and the other characters & we readers won't hear about her affiliations to Aran'gar from Graendal anymore, since she took this knowledge with her, when she died.
It's often the case that foreshadowings basically announce the core of what will happen (though I think Aran'gar's quote is very obvious in its irony): when e.g. Rand tells Min in LoC: "Trust me, Min. I won't hurt you. I will cut off my arm before I hurt you", it might foreshadow that Rand will lose his hand and that he will hurt Min, though the circumstances are not exactly like the foreshadowing.
I'm pretty sure that Aran'gar might muse on the irony that this time she didn't even have to kill her new ally, because it truly was this time in a way misfortune that killed Graendal. Again Aran'gar outlived her ally.
It's often the case that foreshadowings basically announce the core of what will happen (though I think Aran'gar's quote is very obvious in its irony): when e.g. Rand tells Min in LoC: "Trust me, Min. I won't hurt you. I will cut off my arm before I hurt you", it might foreshadow that Rand will lose his hand and that he will hurt Min, though the circumstances are not exactly like the foreshadowing.
I'm pretty sure that Aran'gar might muse on the irony that this time she didn't even have to kill her new ally, because it truly was this time in a way misfortune that killed Graendal. Again Aran'gar outlived her ally.
This message last edited by Etzel on 18/03/2010 at 11:02:39 AM
Ironic foreshadowing of Graendal's death?
17/03/2010 01:52:32 PM
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Hmmm, I don't think so. I think it may be indicative of his own end, though.
17/03/2010 05:11:18 PM
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I don't follow your logic here
17/03/2010 05:39:24 PM
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Re: I don't follow your logic here
17/03/2010 05:46:05 PM
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Still, this quote doesn't foreshadow Aran'gar's death at all. *NM*
17/03/2010 06:24:00 PM
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Wait, have I read this passage wrong??
17/03/2010 06:07:31 PM
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That was my interpretation as well, when I read it in the book. *NM*
18/03/2010 09:01:01 PM
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I don't really see "my fellow bad guys are going to die" as being terribly prophetic
17/03/2010 06:24:32 PM
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As said...
17/03/2010 06:26:15 PM
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Arangar's allies die because she kills them, not because of some random twists of fate...
17/03/2010 08:18:24 PM
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I disagree...
17/03/2010 08:50:31 PM
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If you're referring to the reference to "those who found graves", then it fits most Forsaken deaths
17/03/2010 09:15:03 PM
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Uh no
19/03/2010 05:37:22 PM
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I disagree; as I explained in the other posts the parallels are there in an ironic way. *NM*
19/03/2010 06:11:37 PM
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It doesn't fit with Graendal's demise enough to have been hinting at it
18/03/2010 03:45:35 AM
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As I explained to others...
18/03/2010 10:27:17 AM
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