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Enigmas In Thrillers

Enigma areused frequently in thrillers in order to capture the audience's attention. A question or dilemma that the target audience can relate to is introduced and then played around with and resolved or left unresolved. To catch the audience's attention and entice them, directors may use sub genres to suit the intended target audience taste. For example, horror thriller, pyschologcal thriller, comedy thriller ect. Thriller regularly coincide with mystery stories, but are differentiated by the structure of their plots. Thriller take place on a much grander scale - the crimes that must be prevented are serial or mass murder (such as 'Se7en'), terrorism (such as 'Unthinkable'), assassination, or the overthrow of governments. Jeopardy and violent confrontations are conventional plot elements. A thriller climaxes when the hero finaly defeats the antagonist, saving others lives and his own

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