Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A. Plot

QUESTIONS
1. What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in aniother way?
3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, sotries within the story used?
4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow paced?
5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differnetiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the ending of the story happy, unhappy, or indereminate? Is it faily achieved?
8. Deos the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
9. What use doest he story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?

ANSWERS
1.  What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?

Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and had all of the commoners on his side. He then had the lords come in and put the lands back into the correct owners. The main events include Arthur pulling the sword, the crowning, and coronation.

2. Are the main events of the story arrranged chronogically, or are they arranged in another way?
The story is arranged chronologically. The story started from Arthur pulling the sword, amazed with himself, and getting crowned

3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
The story is narrated briefly because this is an adapter version of the Chapter 1 of the Book called, "Le Morte d' Arthur." It is easier to understand and faster to be read.

4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
The story is fast-pace because the story is an adapted version for not really advanced reader to be able to understand and read along without getting lost while still getting the same point as the real book.

5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
The thoughts of the King made the story move forward. His thought was to find the next king to continue his reign. It made the story have conflicts and continue to the pulling of the sword, the coronation of the king.

6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral, or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved?
The conflicts in the plot is finding the person to pull the sword. The conflict is physical and was resplved by Arthur pulling the sword. The conflict is not between good and evil, but just to find the correct and right king to rule next.

7. What is the climax of the story?
The climax occurs when Arthur was able to pull the sword. It turned the story around because the people were really amazed that Arthur was really able to pull it.

8. Does the plot have unity?
The plot have unity and are all relevant. The incident lead naturally to next which makes the story very easy to guess.

9. What use does the story make of change and coincidence?
The story uses the event of the sword pulling to make a chance of coincidence for Arthur to appear in the story. It is use to resolve and continue the story chronologically.

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