ForeshadowIng In The Prestige

The Prestige is a film based on a novel of the same name written by Christopher Priest.

The story is about cloning machine that gets invented, which was originally intended to be a

teleportation device. The Prestige is one of those movies that just seems to go overboard with

foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is an indication or hint about events that will take place in

the future. Three examples of this in The Prestige are: When Boredon tells his wife "not today"

when she asks if he loves her; when Boredon is asked which knot he tied, he replies with

"I keep asking myself that;" and when Angier does the vanishing bird trick, a bird has to die

every time he performs it.

    Whenever Boredon's wife asks him if he loves her, no matter what he says,

she knows when it's true or not. Boredon is unable to tell her why some days he loves her,

and some days he doesn't. He doesn't love her some days because it is not really him,

it's his twin brother. This is also the key to their "Transported Man" trick; one Boredon is in the

left box, one Boredon in the right. One Boredon would throw the ball across the stage,

and go into the box. The other Boredon would pop out of the other box and catch the ball.

    When Boredon was asked which knot he tied, he answered with "I keep asking myself

that." This obviously means that he was asking his twin brother. He asks him because his brother

is the one that actually tied the knot.   He says that, because his brother will not tell him.

This either means that his brother really doesn't know, or that he tied the knot didn't come undone.

    When Angier does the trick with the vanishing bird cage, he slams the cage into a trap

door, killing the bird. Soon afterward, he then reveals another bird, which is supposed to be the

original. This foreshadows that Angier will clone himself, and one of the two will die each time.

This is also foreshadowed when Cutter says...