ASSIGNMENT #2

ASSIGNMENT #02.

CHEKHOV'S GOT A 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. For example, a character may find a mysterious object that eventually becomes crucial to the plot, but at the time the object is found it does not seem to be important.

Although many people consider the phrase "Chekhov's gun" to be the equivalent of foreshadowing, the statements the author made about it can be more properly interpreted as meaning "do not include any unnecessary elements in a story."

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun)

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