The narrator used foreshadowing on the imagery using the cats that add to the intrigue and curiosity of its readers. Laced with dragging narration and certainty, this creates a veil of suspense. The foreshadowing comes from the hanging of Pluto, the outline of the dead cat after the fire, and the outline of the gallows on the second black cat's fur, all of which mirrors the narrator's own execution on the gallows.