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Chekhov's gun
/t͡ʃɛ.kʰɔfs ɡʌn/
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arma de Chéjov
An element that is introduced early in the story whose significance to the plot does not become clear until later.
He is Chekhov's gun on the wall, destined to go off at the crucial moment.
The episode of the sun-god's island is the Odyssey's equivalent of Chekhov's gun, announced in the poem's earliest lines as the occasion of the companions' downfall and anticipated…
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