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.




Cracked by Navin, Sanjeet, Pandora, Debasish, v.chandrashekar and Bad Ass Thambi!!

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:

navinpai said...

Chekhov's gun??

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

Anonymous said...

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

MJay said...

doppleganger??

Pandora Aunty Ka Dabba said...

Chekhov's Pistol after Anton Chekhov

Pandora Aunty Ka Dabba said...

Chekhov's Pistol after Anton Chekhov

Debasish said...

Anton Chekhov
Chekhov's Gun

Kamal Rathi said...

Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)

Anonymous said...

answer-chekov's gun


senders name-v.chandrashekar

Bad Ass Thambi said...

X=chekhov's Gun