06 August, 2009

Daily Question #146

X is a literary technique named after the person in the first pic. The second pic shows the use of X. Identify X.




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Answer : X - Chekhov's Gun

Chekhov's gun is the literary technique whereby an element is introduced early in the story, but its significance does not become clear until later on. The name Chekhov's gun comes from Anton Chekhov himself, who stated that any object introduced in a story must be used later on, else it ought not to feature in the first place. In the movie The Departed, the envelope is shown earlier in the movie but its purpose becomes evident at a later stage.

9 comments:

  1. Chekhov's gun??

    Tht's the only liteary device (other than Deus Ex Machina tht I know!! :) :) )

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  2. Chekhov's Gun named after Anton Chekhov is the literary techniques whereby an element is introduced early in the story whose significance does not become clear until later on

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  3. Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)

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  4. answer-chekov's gun


    senders name-v.chandrashekar

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