Essay Question: Ghost Ship Cliffhanger!
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rolanniWARNING: There may be spoilers for Ghost Ship in comments. This is a Warning, this is your only Warning. Proceed at your own risk.
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To everyone: Good discussion; keep it coming.
So! There's an expressed view that Ghost Ship ends on a cliffhanger, in the form of The Epilogue. We frequently get rapped for "cliffhangers," a charge I happen to think is (1) unfortunate and (2) inaccurate, but that's a rant for another day. What's interesting about the Ghost Ship "cliffhanger" is that the presence of the epilogue creates the "cliffhanger."
My question to you, then, is --
Would Ghost Ship have been a fuller and more satisfying read for you, had there been no epilogue? Explain, with diagrams, if necessary.
Mind you, Steve and I discussed this very thing at some length, and you see where we finally came down. I do think this is a topic worthy of in-depth examination, and I'm interested to hear opinions.
Have at it.
Edited to Add:
Reminder to Anonymous Posters: 1. Please sign your post(s); 2. Anonymous posts don't appear until I manually OK them. That means that sometimes -- like today, for instance -- there will be a period of hours before you will be able to see your post. This is how the system is supposed to work, and you don't need to resubmit.
To everyone: Good discussion; keep it coming.
So! There's an expressed view that Ghost Ship ends on a cliffhanger, in the form of The Epilogue. We frequently get rapped for "cliffhangers," a charge I happen to think is (1) unfortunate and (2) inaccurate, but that's a rant for another day. What's interesting about the Ghost Ship "cliffhanger" is that the presence of the epilogue creates the "cliffhanger."
My question to you, then, is --
Would Ghost Ship have been a fuller and more satisfying read for you, had there been no epilogue? Explain, with diagrams, if necessary.
Mind you, Steve and I discussed this very thing at some length, and you see where we finally came down. I do think this is a topic worthy of in-depth examination, and I'm interested to hear opinions.
Have at it.
Not a Cliffhanger
Date: 2011-11-25 06:46 am (UTC)Tanya K.
Re: Not a Cliffhanger
Date: 2011-11-25 07:55 pm (UTC)