Alfred Hitchcock's Term "MacGuffin" Refers to

question 27

Multiple Choice

Alfred Hitchcock's term "MacGuffin" refers to

• A) a character type repeatedly used throughout his films.
• B) a type of viewer who can be easily manipulated through specific storytelling strategies.
• C) an object, document, or secret that at first appears to the characters to be vitally important but that turns out to be of no real importance to the overall narrative.
• D) the overall narrative.
• E) the first turning point of a film.

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Definitions:

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