Wish
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A Wish is a Personal Statement of a desired outcome.
- Context:
- It can (often) be expressed in an Act of Wishing.
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- Example(s):
- The one expressed in The Shawshank Redemption, 1994.
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- See: Wishing, Plot Device, Hope, Desire.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wish Retrieved:2022-2-9.
- A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices. In folklore, opportunities for "making a wish" or for wishes to "come true" or "be granted" are themes that are sometimes used.
1994
- The Shawshank Redemption, 1994.
- QUOTE: ... “I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are better left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and it makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a grey place dares to dream. It was as if some beautiful bird had flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.” ...