television

The main reason why television is so entertaining is because of deception. The twists and turns add suspense. Things coming to light that the viewer would have never expected. With out deception, television would be even more boring than the news.



Soap operas use deception in just about every plot line. An example of a plot line that used deception is from the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. Recently, a scene was shown in which the actress who plays Sam was hit by a car and then left for dead. Before that scene 3 other actress, Carly, Elizabeth and Monica were all shown driving in their cars and then hitting something and driving away. Through out the episodes following this scene, viewers are lead to believe that Elizabeth was the person that hit Sam. The viewer is deceived into believing this because they hear about the size of the dent in her car, the perfect size of a human, and also about the blood found on her car. Also, viewers find out that Elizabeth remembers hitting something near the site that Sam was found. Eventually, the truth comes out and the viewers find out that Elizabeth did not hit Sam, but instead, Monica did.

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__General Hospital__. ABC. New York. 11 Mar. 2008.

The image for General Hopsital can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/7319/ghring_logo.jpg

The images of Carly, Elizabeth, Monica and Sam can be found at: http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/characters/bio?pn=characterbio