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The McGuffin is a narrative element, a plot excuse, is the theme or objective that starts a chain of actions and events in the film but it´s importance fade as the story develops (…). This element became something important and characteristic on Hitchcock´s films, as it makes the character actions have sense and at the same time is a way to conceal a theme or catch the audience´s attention and make a smooth transition to personal and emotional issues. A McGuffin appears at some point of the film and makes a character do things he or she wouldn´t do in normal conditions, it takes the characters out of their comfort zone, force them to go to journey in which they discover many things unrelated to the topic that let them into the adventure, …show more content…
At the beginning, Hannay is a man with a regular life, until he meets Anabella Schmith, when this woman reveals that she is an agent whose mission is to avoid a military secret of Great Britain being revealed to other countries, and later is killed, Hannay´s life changes. He becomes a spy trying to discover this secret but during his journey he finds different types of couples and women. When he meets Pamela, the relevant part of the film becomes the formation of a couple between these two characters. Hannay overcomes so many situations that the audience forgets what he is looking for, at the end when the secret is revealed to Hannay by Mr. Memory, it is irrelevant, the focus point is in his relationship. Even though the McGuffin could be presented as something irrelevant, it gives the character motivation, if Annabella haven´t been killed and if she wouldn´t have revealed her mission to Hannay, he probably wouldn´t have commit to the journey of finding the secret and he wouldn´t have met Pamela. Although the 39 steps is a spy film, it explores the theme of couple formation, different kind of couples as well as women with different characters; this journey allows the character to have a look through women´s point of view to be able to understand
The McGuffin is a narrative element, a plot excuse, is the theme or objective that starts a chain of actions and events in the film but it´s importance fade as the story develops (…). This element became something important and characteristic on Hitchcock´s films, as it makes the character actions have sense and at the same time is a way to conceal a theme or catch the audience´s attention and make a smooth transition to personal and emotional issues. A McGuffin appears at some point of the film and makes a character do things he or she wouldn´t do in normal conditions, it takes the characters out of their comfort zone, force them to go to journey in which they discover many things unrelated to the topic that let them into the adventure, …show more content…
At the beginning, Hannay is a man with a regular life, until he meets Anabella Schmith, when this woman reveals that she is an agent whose mission is to avoid a military secret of Great Britain being revealed to other countries, and later is killed, Hannay´s life changes. He becomes a spy trying to discover this secret but during his journey he finds different types of couples and women. When he meets Pamela, the relevant part of the film becomes the formation of a couple between these two characters. Hannay overcomes so many situations that the audience forgets what he is looking for, at the end when the secret is revealed to Hannay by Mr. Memory, it is irrelevant, the focus point is in his relationship. Even though the McGuffin could be presented as something irrelevant, it gives the character motivation, if Annabella haven´t been killed and if she wouldn´t have revealed her mission to Hannay, he probably wouldn´t have commit to the journey of finding the secret and he wouldn´t have met Pamela. Although the 39 steps is a spy film, it explores the theme of couple formation, different kind of couples as well as women with different characters; this journey allows the character to have a look through women´s point of view to be able to understand