1-The description of
the setting (“of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live in,
this is the worst. Pathway’s a bog, and the road’s a torrent.”) suggests
potential danger or impending doom.
2-the details that tell something about the father’s personality:
"radical changes”; “sharp and unnecessary perils. ” The father seems like the type of person who might take risks or do dangerous things.
3-(Sergeant- Major
Morris suggests that the result of using the first two wishes was so bad that
the man wanted to die. this foreshadows something bad for them.)
4- (“The last face was so horrible and so simian that he gazed at it in amazement.”
A horrible face in the fire suggests that something frightening may happen. It adds to the suspenseful tone of the story and sets up the next event in the plot.
5- (The man pauses several times at the gate and walks away. He seems to be putting off the moment when he will enter the house.)
it forshadows maybe he has bad news
