Ouija boards and tarot cards are appendages used by those who do not know how to face life’s adversities and depend on such supernatural paraphernalia to understand life. A Shady Plot shows us how such things can backfire and one should exercise caution in invoking powers over which they do not have any control.  People shouldn’t depend on devices like Tarot Cards and Ouija Boards to solve their problems because superstitions lead to unnecessary troubles. John Hallock’s dependency on Ouija Board stunted his creativity. He couldn’t conceive creative ideas of his own. On account of his inability to reveal his relationship with Helen, the ghost, the shadows of divorce loomed large over his relationship with his wife, Lavinia. Things only became crystal clear after Lavinia threw away the Ouija Board. The misunderstandings got cleared, his wife and maid returned to him. The ghost was no longer a threat to the wife. To conclude, a man gifted with wit and intelligence should use them to solve his problems to have a better control over his life.

John’s wife wanted him to participate in the Ouija game. The game does not reach its conclusion because it is disturbed by Helen; the ghost. She got angry with him because she suspected some affair between her husband and someone named Helen during Ouija game. She felt betrayed and decided to leave John and go back to her grandmother. She told John that she was going away and her lawyer would communicate with him later.

The poet threw the log at the snake when it slowly proceeded to curve round and move away from the water trough. He did so because regrets having missed his opportunity of knowing and understanding one of the lords of life.

Nature foretold Caesar’s death by showing some bad omens. There was thunder and lightning at the backdrop while Caesar’s wife cried out in her sleep thrice saying “Help ho! They murder Caesar!” Caesar's wife saw a lioness running in the street, dead rising out of the graves, warriors fighting upon the clouds and the Capitol covered with blood. Another bad omen was that when the priests searched the entrails of an animal for sacrifice as asked by Caesar, they found the heart missing.