ANGLOPHONE COUNTRIES LITERATURE- HOMEWORK 4

 After reviewing the PPT file select an Anglophone short legend and point to the story arc (Exposition, Rising
action, Climax, Falling action and Resolution or Catastrophe)

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CLIMAX:
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RISING ACTION:
Cinderella held her breath as Prince Charming gently

One day, an invitation to a ball was sent to all the slipped the glass slipper onto her foot. Prince Charming

young maidens of the kingdom, but the evil step- took Cinderella by the hand and made her his bride.

mother would not allow Cinderella to go to the ball

and locked her in her room.
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Cinderella thought all hope was lost until her fairy FALLING ACTION:
godmother appeared. Dressed in a beautiful 1 or
more characters gown and glass slippers, face a Cinderella went to live with Prince
crisis. Cinderella rushed off to attend the ball. Charming in the beautiful castle on
As the clock struck 12, Cinderella ran away as fast the hill.
as she could. Although Prince Charming looked for
her, all he found was a glass slipper.

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RESOLUTION:
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EXPOSITION: Cinderella and Prince Charming lived
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived happily ever after
a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her evil
step- mother and two evil step-sisters.
 Select a D.H. Lawrence´ Story and mention the elements of that story
(Characters, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Resolution).

The Rocking-Horse Winner

CHARACTERS:
PAUL: A young boy who notices that his mother doesn't love him and his sisters, even though she
"adores" them.[1] When he receives a rocking horse for Christmas, he rides it often and comes to find
that he can predict what horse is going to win the next big horse race.
HESTER: Paul's mother. She becomes "dissatisfied with her marriage" when she finds that her
husband is not lucky and doesn't make enough money.[2]
BASSETT: The family gardener and friend. Is the one who gets Paul into horse racing and later becomes
"betting partners".[2]
OSCAR CRESWELL: Paul's uncle and his mother's brother. Provided the money that Paul used to make
his first win at the horse race. Signed the lawyer papers for Paul's mother to receive "one thousand
pounds at a time, on the mother's birthday, for the next five years".[1] Oscar becomes partners with
Paul and Bassett.

SETTING:
This story happened in the UK in 1949

PLOT:
The story describes a young middle-class Englishwoman who "had no luck". Though outwardly
successful, she is haunted by a sense of failure; her husband is a ne'er-do-well and her work as a
commercial artist does not earn as much as she would like. The family's life exceeds its income and
unspoken anxiety about money permeates the household. Her children, a son Paul and his two sisters,
sense this anxiety; they even claim they can hear the house whispering "There must be more money".

CONFLICT:
After more winnings, Paul and Oscar arrange to give the mother a gift of five thousand pounds but the
gift only lets her spend more. Disappointed, Paul tries harder than ever to be "lucky". As the Derby
approaches, Paul is determined to learn the winner. Concerned about his health, his mother rushes
home from a party and discovers his secret. He has been spending hours riding his rocking horse,
sometimes all night long, until he "gets there", into a clairvoyant state where he can be sure of the
winner's name.

RESOLUTION:
Paul the boy died in the night. And even as he lay dead, his mother heard her brother's voice saying to
her, "My God, Hester, you're eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad.
But, poor devil, poor devil, he's best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking-horse to find a winner.