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Noun Concept
Categories: Gun violence in fiction, 19th-century introductions, Narrative techniques, Articles with short description, Metaphors referring to war and violence
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Chekhov's gun  Chekhov's law  Checkov's gun  Chekhov's dictum  Chekhov's rifle
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Chekhov's gun is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed. Wikipedia
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Chekhov's gun is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed. Wikipedia
A dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed. Wiktionary
Dramatic principle. Wiktionary (translation)
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OF
drama
NAMED AFTER
Chekhov
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Chekhov's gun
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Chekhov's gun
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Chekhov's gun
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Checkov's gun, Chekhov's dictum, Chekhov's Gun, Chekhov's Law, Chekhov's law, Chekhov's rifle, Chekhov gun, Chekhov’s gun, Chekov's gun, Chekov's law, If there's a gun in the first act

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