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THE BLOCKSOF FICTION
Ms. Bell
English
THEME
The main Idea. A statement about a
universalsubject.
THEME
Romantic Love is one of
the dominant themes In
Romeo and Juliet
PROTAGONIST
Receives the conflict in the story.
PROTAGONISTWho is it? Romeo or Juliet
in Shakespeare’s play?
“For never was there story of more woe/ than that of Juliet and her Romeo.”
ANTAGONIST
Causes the conflict in the story.
ANTAGONIST Harry Potter: LordVoldemort
Bram Stoker’s Dracula:Dracula
The Wizard of Oz: The Wicked Witch of the West
CHARACTER LIST Round: a character w/many personality traits
Stock: A one-sided character who has become a “type.”
Flat: a character with only one or two key personality traits
CHARACTER LIST Round Example: Harry Potter
Stock Example: The mean step-mother in Cinderella
Flat Example: Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet
CONFLICT
What the main character struggles
against.
CONFLICT
Romeo and Juliet arecaught in the family feud
between the Capuletsand the Montegues
NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW
1st Person = I 2nd Person = You 3rd Person = He Omniscient Objective Limited
TONE
The emotional idea that the author
creates.
TONE
Is the story happy, romantic, scary,
sad…?
SETTING
Where and when the story happens.
SYMBOLS
Something that stands as itself but also as something larger.
SYMBOLS
“A rose by any othername would smell assweet.” Juliet compares Romeo to a rose because he
is as sweet to her senses as the smell of a rose
IRONYA contrast between what
is said and what is meant. Also, when
things turn out differently than what is expected.
The three types are: Dramatic, Verbal
Situational
IRONY Dramatic = The character knows one thing and the
audience knows something else (Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she has taken a drug to look like she is dead.)
Verbal = The character says one thing, but means another (Mercutio knows he has received a killing wound but says it’s “only a scratch”.
Situational = When what is expected to happen is different from what really happens (The play turns to tragedy because Romeo doesn’t know that Juliet is really alive, and is only in a drug induced coma to make it look like she’s dead.)
MOTIFSRepeated phrase or
symbol that adds depth or meaning to
the text.
MOTIFSExample: The bunnies in Of Mice and Men represent freedom.