Movie name: The Prestige
Character name: Cutter

Monologue text:
“Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called ‘The Pledge.’ The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird, or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course, it probably isn’t.”

“The second act is called ‘The Turn.’ The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now, you’re looking for the secret, but you won’t find it, because you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled.”

“But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough. You have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part. The part we call ‘The Prestige.'”

Analysis:
The tone of this scene is serious and mysterious. It explains how magic tricks work. Before this, we see two magicians who are in a rivalry. This monologue help our understand the movie’s title. The narrator shows that magic is not only about tricks—it’s about performance and emotion. It connects to the main story about sacrifice and obsession. The audience starts to see the movie like a magic trick. Each part of the trick has a mean in the story. This scene is so important because it gives deep meaning to what the characters do later.

• Genel