“A MacGuffin is a plot device in the form of a goal, desired
object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or
no narrative explanation as to why it is considered so important or needed. The
specific nature of a MacGuffin is typically unimportant to the overall plot.
The most common type of MacGuffin is an object, place or person. However a
MacGuffin can sometimes take a more abstract form, such as money, victory,
glory, survival, power, love, or even something that is entirely unexplained,
as long as it strongly motivates key characters within the structure of the
plot.”
My work completely is centred around this plot device and is
something that I considered ever since I saw Pulp Fiction for the first time
and the significance of the brief case where its contents is never shown, in my
product I convey the fact that my protagonist/antagonist is in this for glory
and the recognition that he feels he deserves, why he believes this is exactly
like the plot device it never is truly explained instead it is implied briefly
as the main attraction to the film is him being violent in his current state.
My main characters conscience is what drives the narrative that asks him why he’s
doing what he is doing which can be hard to explain like MacGuffin’s plot
device. 
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