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1、TheLady, ortheTiger?FrankR.StocktonMeetFrankR.Stockton(1834-1902)Attheheightofhissuccess,FrankR.StocktonwasconsideredamajorliteraryfigureintheUnitedStates,secondinimportanceonlytoMarkTwain.Stockton’sbodyofworkfillstwenty-threevolumesandincludesstories,novels,andnonfiction.Yettod
2、ay,thiswriterisknownprimarilyforhisstory,“TheLady,ortheTiger?”Thestorycreatedastiratthetimeitwaspublished,aswellasafterward;itwaslaterturnedintoanoperetta,aplay,amovie,andarecording.TheLady,orTheTiger?—FrankStocktonDramaticPlotStructureAliteraryplothasfiveelements:ExpositionRisi
3、ngActionClimaxFallingActionResolutionDramaticPlotStructureExpositionDuringaplot’sexposition,theauthorgivesbackgroundinformationaboutthestoryandintroducesthestory’scharactersandsetting.Theexpositionalsointroducesthemainconflict.RisingActionRisingactionistheseriesofeventsthatleadu
4、ptotheclimax,ormostdramaticmoment,ofthestory.ClimaxTheclimaxisastory’smostdramaticandrevealingmoment.Itusuallycomesneartheendofastoryandsatisfiesthereader’scuriosityaboutwhathappens.DramaticPlotStructureFallingActionThefallingactionfollowstheclimaxanddescribestheresultsoftheclim
5、ax.ResolutionTheresolution,ordenouement,comesattheendofthefallingaction.“TheLady,ortheTiger?”hasatrickending—readersmustsupplytheresolution.TheLady,orTheTiger?—FrankStocktonSettingDramaticPlotStructureConflictMostplotsdeveloparoundaconflict,orstrugglebetweentwoormoreforcesinasto
6、ry.Externalconflictisthebattlebetweenacharacterandanoutsideforce—nature,society,fate,oranothercharacter.Internalconflictisthebattlewithinthemindofacharacterwhoistornbetweendifferentcoursesofaction.ConnectingtotheStoryWouldyoutrustyourlifetoafriend?Beforeyoureadthestory,thinkabou
7、tthefollowingquestions:•Whichisastrongeremotion—loveorjealousy?•Howcompletelycanonepersoneverknowandunderstandanother?TheLady,orTheTiger?—FrankStocktonDuringtheMiddleAgesinEngland,guiltorinnocencewasdecidedthroughapracticeknownasanordeal.Anaccusedpersonwasphysicallytested,andthe
8、outcomedeterminedguiltorinnocence.Theaccusersbe
