Questions tagged [plot-element]
Questions asking for an explanation of an element of the plot of a work of fiction.
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Was the Charles Calthrop plot-element in The Day of the Jackal an example of pure coincidence or good detection?
Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel "The Day of the Jackal" remains an immortal political thriller that defined the 'assassination novel' in popular consciousness. What has always intrigued me is ...
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Why did Scott choose to include so many epigraphs in Ivanhoe that give away the plot?
I'm reading Ivanhoe right now and very much enjoying it. Each chapter in Ivanhoe has an epigraph, often very closely related to the plot of the chapter, meaning that it is often very easy to surmise ...
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In 'The Sign of the Four', what happened to the Sikh accomplices at the end?
Jonathan Small always maintained how he was loyal throughout to his other three Sikh/Indian accomplices. The last we read of them was when they all met with Sholto and Mortsan and told them about the ...
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Are any works of literature known to implement all of Polti's Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations?
Somewhere behind us in the circuits of time, one of my college Lit teachers casually mentioned the Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations during a seemingly improvisational moment in a lecture she was giving. ...
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