Five Elements of a Story (Romeo and Juliet)

1. Setting

1.1. Verona

1.1.1. Italy -

1.2. Mantua

1.3. Place: streets, orchard, churchyard

1.4. Time: Renaissance

1.5. span of four days

2. Plot

2.1. Events sequenced to tell a story

2.2. Act 1: Intro to feud and Romeo's situation

2.3. Act 2: Romeo & Juliet declare their love

2.4. Act 3: Tybalt dies, Romeo is banished

2.5. Act 4: Paris prepares to marry Juliet while she takes a sleeping potion.

2.6. Act 5: Romeo finds Juliet and poisons himself, she wakes up and stabs herself.

3. Characters

3.1. People in the action

3.2. Clothing and descriptions

3.3. Protagonist/Antagonist

3.4. Dynamic/Static

4. Conflict

4.1. Struggle between two forces

4.2. External/Internal

4.3. Family Feud

4.4. Banishment

4.5. Arranged Marriage

5. Theme

5.1. Fundemental/Universal Ideas

5.2. Love and Violence

5.3. Inevibility of Fate

5.4. Forcefulness of Love