e/Chekhov's gun

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has gloss	eng: 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.
lexicalization	eng: Chekhov's gun
instance of	c/Literary devices