"the return of carmelita spats in the slippery slope after her seemingly unnecessary appearance in the austere academy is an example of chekhov's gun
"a literary element that, at first, seems to have no purpose but is later revealed to be important to the plot
""the return of carmelita spats in the slippery slope after her seemingly unnecessary appearance in the austere academy is an example of chekhov's gun" What is the definition of "chekhov's gun"?