Name that Poet
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
William Wordsworth
A novel by Chuck Palahniuk was the basis for this film starring Brad Pitt & Edward Norton.
Fight Club
George Milton, Lennie Small
Of Mice and Men
“If music be the food of love…”
play on
Where setting, characters, and mood is established/ introduced
Exposition
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
William Shakespeare
Shindler's List
Old Spencer, Phobe
The Catcher in the Rye
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness
thrust upon them
This type of conflict occurs inside a character, either emotional or physical
internal conflict
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air -
Between the Heaves of Storm -
Emily Dickinson
This film with Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci was based on the book “Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family”
Goodfellas
Fleance, Banquo
Macbeth
"look like the innocent flower, but be the...."
serpent under it
The character that stays the same throughout the story
Static
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Walt Whitman
This film adapted from a children's book reminds us "There's no place like home"
The Wizard of Oz
Ponyboy
The Outsiders
"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight / For I ne'er saw true...."
beauty till this night.
This provides a clue or hint to events that will happen in the future
Forshadowing
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
John Keats
'Elementary my dear Watson'
Sherlock Holmes
Atticus Finch, Jem and Scout
To Kill a Mockingbird
"Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale...."
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Character against the main character
Antagonist