Consider the following excerpt from the first paragraph of N…
Consider the following excerpt from the first paragraph of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” and answer the question below: [Aylmer] had devoted himself, however, too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be weakened from them by any second passion. His love for his young wife might prove the stronger of the two; but it could only be by intertwining itself with his love of science and uniting the strength of the latter to his own (357). Which of the following literary devices– flashforward, foreshadowing, allusion, or metaphor is best exemplified by this passage?
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