farewell scene
Final exchange depicted
A farewell scene is a moment of parting between people, especially one marked by emotion or ceremony.
The term appears most often in discussions of film, theater, or literature, where such scenes carry dramatic weight: The farewell scene at the train station is the emotional heart of the movie.
In everyday use, it can describe any prolonged or dramatic goodbye: They made a whole farewell scene of it at the airport.
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- waving goodbyeGesture of parting
- partingAct of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- tearsViolent pulls apart
tear-stained cheeks · embrace · airport · airport terminal · platform · waving · bittersweet · leaving · train · train station · suitcase · heartbreak · longing · final · kiss · terminal · separation · adieu
- tearjerkerstearjerker, tearjerkers, weepie, weepies, weepy
- story scenesclimax, prologue, epilogue, flashback, dream sequence
- Die Walkürevalkyries
- tragic literatureIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Medea, Oedipus
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- film musicfilm score, soundtrack, movie soundtrack, underscore, background music
farewell scenereunion scene
Meeting after separation
reunion · homecoming · first meeting · rendezvous · meet-cute
farewell sceneopening scene
Beginning of a performance
meet-cute · inciting incident · prologue · first act · entrance
farewell sceneopening scene
Beginning of a performance
introduction · debut · first appearance · grand entrance · return
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