Question

At the beginning of "Young Goodman Brown," Brown's wife says, "Pray tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year." This statement is an example of

A. ambiguity.
B. satire.
C. irony.
D. foreshadowing.

Answer 1

Id say it's foreshadowing. D. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is D.

This sentence, spoken by Brown's wife, Faith, at the beginning of "Young Goodman Brown", is an example of foreshadowing.

Faith is asking his husband to stay with her that night "of all nights". This phrase gives the idea that something bad or evil is going to happen during that evening. It is almost like a presage of the events that later take place in the story.