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Monday, 25 November 2013

What Is A Cliffhanger?

Charles Dickens invented the cliffhanger as a way in getting his readers to buy the next issue of a magazine that was currently running his story.A cliff hanger is a plot device where a character (usually the main ) is faced with a difficult dilemma  or a huge bombshell is revealed. They are usually found at the end of a book/tv show/movie to interest the audience to watch/read the next one to find out how the character got through/dealt with the situation.


Good examples of cliffhangers in film/tv are:

Criminal minds:
Harry Potter:
The Hobbit: The desolation of Smaug:
Gossip Girl:
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