PROSE

Prose is a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of
speech, and ordinary grammatical structure, rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case
of traditional poetry.
Example:
Alladin
A street peddler is guiding the audience through the streets of the fictional Arabian city
of Agrabah. After trying to sell all kinds of wares, he pulls out an old oil lamp, claiming it "once
changed the course of a young man's life, A young man who like this lamp was more than what
he seemed; a diamond, in the rough."

The peddler then begins to tell the tale, beginning on a dark night, where the Sultan's grand
vizier, Jafar , has a secret meeting with a thief named Kassim. Kassim hands over half a golden
scarab beetle, of which Jafar already possess the other half. Putting both halves together, the
golden scarab beetle comes to life and flies off into the night, followed by Jafar and Kassim. The
golden bug then settles on a sand dune which turns into a giant sand tiger with its mouth wide
opened; the Cave of Wonders.

Jafar orders Kassim to enter the cave and retrieve a lamp. However, upon approaching the
cave, the tiger's head speaks that only one may enter: "One whose worth lies far within; the
diamond in the rough!" Kassim still attempts to enter but as soon as he takes one step inside
the tiger's mouth, it bites down on the thief, killing him instantly and closing off the entrance way.
The golden scarab beetle then turns back into both halves which Jafar collects. It is then that
Jafar understands he needs to find this diamond in the rough in order to enter.

The next day, on the streets of Agrabah, a young street urchin named Aladdin is struggling to
steal a loaf of bread, along with his pet monkey, Abu. After outwitting some of the city guards,
the two settle down to eat their spoils, but ends up giving it away to a couple of hungry kids
struggling to find any food. They are then distracted when a Royal Prince marches through the
streets, en route to the Sultan's palace to claim the Princess's hand. Aladdin gets into a
confrontation with the prince when he tries to punish two kids who mistakenly walked in front of
his horse, causing it to stop abruptly. The prince kicks Alladin into a puddle of dirt and declares
Aladdin to be nothing but "a worthless street rat." Aladdin and Abu then retire to their abode,
with Aladdin promising his monkey friend that someday, things will be better.

The next day, the prince leaves the palace, angered that Princess Jasmine has fended off his
advances, allowing her pet tiger Raja to rip out the suitor's pant. The Sultan talks to his
daughter, who says she is tired of living her life being cooped up behind walls. The Sultan
consults with his adviser, Jafar, who claims he can help the Sultan, if the Sultan will give him his
blue diamond ring. Using hypnosis on the Sultan, Jafar gets the ring, and retreats to his private
quarters.

Later on that evening, Jasmine escapes from the palace, and wanders the streets of Agrabah
the next day. However, her act of giving an apple to a hungry little boy lands her in trouble with
the street merchant she took if from, not realizing she would've to pay for it. Luckily, Aladdin
interferes and cons the merchant into believing he got his apple back. He then leads Jasmine
away from the market and away from further trouble.

Meanwhile, Jafar has used the blue diamond ring he stole from the Sultan to consult the Sands
of Time, which revealed just who he needs to enter the Cave of Wonders: Aladdin.

Aladdin has retreated with Jasmine to his and Abu's place, and she is rather taken by his
kindness. However, Aladdin is suddenly attacked and captured by the city Guards. Jasmine
reveals herself to them, demanding Aladdin be released but the head of the Royal Guards,
Razoul, tells her he is acting under orders from Jafar.

Returning to the Palace, Jasmine confronts Jafar, who explains that Aladdin was captured
because he kidnapped her. When Jasmine reveals she escaped the palace on her own and
Aladdin had nothing to do with it, Jafar shockingly claims that Aladdin has already been
executed, sending her away in tears.

In actuality, Aladdin has been imprisoned in the Royal dungeons. Abu manages to free Aladdin,
but they are interrupted by an older prisoner, claiming he needs Aladdin's help to locate the
Cave of Wonders. In truth the prisoner is actually Jafar in disguise, who manages to help
Aladdin escape the dungeons.

After the small group arrives at the Cave of Wonders, Aladdin is allowed to enter, with the cave
warning him not to touch anything but the lamp. Aladdin and Abu venture deep into the cavern
which is filled with many treasures of gold, jewelries, gems and all kind of luxuries, where they
first encounter a sentient magic carpet that leads them to the lamp's location. Aladdin is able to
retrieve the lamp, but Abu breaks the rule, and picks up a large ruby, causing the cave to begin
to collapse on them. Using the magic carpet, Aladdin and Abu manage to get to the entrance of
the cave, where the old beggar pleads for Aladdin to give him the lamp. Aladdin does so, and
the beggar then reveals a dagger, intending to kill him. Luckily, Abu bites the beggar, and both
Aladdin and Abu fall back into the cavern, as the giant Tiger's Head disappears under the sand
once again.

Jafar then laughingly reaches for the lamp, only to find it is gone. Abu managed to steal it off the
beggar before he fell back into the cave with Aladdin. Deep within the cave, Aladdin begins to
examine the lamp, finding a worn inscription on the side of it. Rubbing it, the lamp then
produces a large blue genie. The genie tells Aladdin that for rubbing the lamp, he is entitled to
three wishes (and that wishing for more wishes is also not an option), but warns that they come
with the following exceptions:

1) He can't kill anyone. 2) He can't make anyone fall in love with someone else. 3) He can't
bring people back from the dead.
Using his street-smarts, Aladdin manages to con Genie into getting them out of the cave without
using a wish. Landing in a small oasis, Aladdin contemplates what to wish for, and asks the
Genie what he would wish for. The Genie mentions how he'd wish to be free of the lamp,
prompting Aladdin to promise to free the Genie with his last wish.

As the topic turns to Aladdin's wishes, he thinks of wanting to be with Jasmine, and though he
cannot make her fall in love with him, he decides to wish to become a prince, as she is a
princess, thus allowing him to at least try to be with her. Aladdin uses his first wish; the genie
will turn him into a fabulously rich prince. Abu is transformed into a large elephant and will be
Aladdin's mount.

Meanwhile, back in Agrabah, Jafar is still upset that he didn't get the lamp. Wanting to find some
way to attain power, Jafar attempts to convince the Sultan that there is a clause in the Royal
rules that if Jasmine has not been suitably wed by a certain time, she is to marry the great vizier
to save faces. The Sultan is reluctant to proceed so Jafar attempts to hypnotize him but he is
interrupted by loud music coming from outside.

Outside, a large and noisy Royal procession enters the Kingdom, announcing the arrival of
Prince Ali Ababwa (aka Aladdin). The procession is huge, with riches, exotic animals, hundreds
of servants and Aladdin himself riding an elephant (Abu). Aladdin's entourage makes its way
into the palace, impressing the Sultan. Jafar is suspicious and cold toward the new suitor.
Aladdin is taken to Jasmine, who is unimpressed and rebuffs Aladdin's pompous ways.
However, when Aladdin removes his hat to shoo away Raja, Jasmine is reminded of the street
urchin. Aladdin tries to gain Jasmine's interest again by telling her how rich and powerful he is
but she remains steadfastly ambivalent. Aladdin decides to leave Jasmine and steps off on his
magic carpet which definitely gets her attention. Jasmine wishes to ride with him and the two
take a long trip around the world. Aladdin drops his pompous facade during the trip which
eventually wins her over.

Returning Jasmine to the palace, Aladdin is roughly seized by palace guards who tie him up and
dump him in a nearby lake under orders from Jafar. When he accidentally rubs the lamp, Genie
appears and coaxes Aladdin into using his second wish to save the boy's life. Aladdin returns to
the palace to find that Jafar is using his cobra-shaped staff to once again to hypnotize the
Sultan, demanding that he order his daughter to marry the treacherous vizier. Aladdin figures
out Jafar's schemes and smashes the staff. Jafar vanishes before the palace guards can arrest
him, but not before spotting the lamp hidden inside Prince Ali's hat. After he's gone, the Sultan
sees that Jasmine has accepted Aladdin and wishes to marry him.

However, Aladdin is still troubled by the fact that he's not a real prince and has been lying to the
princess. Genie appears and tries to coax Aladdin into using his last wish to free him. Aladdin
tells him he can't free the Genie as he wouldn't be the prince that he is without him, convinced
he would lose Jasmine if he's proven not to be a prince. The Genie suddenly retreats into the
lamp, feeling angry and betrayed.
Jafar returns to his secret lair beneath the palace, seemingly defeated but laughing hysterically
when he realizes who Prince Ali really is. He then sends his pet parrot Iago to steal the lamp
which he does rather easily. Jafar summons the Genie. Genie is forced to do Jafar's bidding
and appears in a gigantic form, grabbing the palace and taking it to a remote mountain. Jafar
uses his first wish to become the world's most powerful sorcerer and reveals to everyone that
Aladdin is nothing but a street urchin. He launches him out of the palace in a makeshift rocket
which lands in a snowy cold mountain region. Jafar then uses his second wish to become
Sultan and imprisons the Sultan and the princess until she agrees to marry him.

Trapped in the mountains, Aladdin finds Abu and the magic carpet and is able to return to
Agrabah, sneaking into the palace. He finds the Genie, who warns him he can't help him since
Jafar holds the lamp. Aladdin tries to sneak up on Jafar to steal back the lamp. Jasmine sees
Aladdin's plan and uses Jafar's wish for her to be in love with him as an excuse to pretend being
suddenly enraptured with Jafar to distract him. However, Jafar sees Aladdin's reflection in
Jasmine's tiara and knocks him away. He then traps Jasmine in a large hourglass where she
will eventually be submerged in sand and die. Jafar transforms himself into a giant cobra to
terrorize Aladdin, who fights back valiantly. While trapped in Snake Jafar's coils, Aladdin has an
epiphany and cons Jafar into using his third wish: telling Jafar that no matter how powerful he
gets, the Genie will still be more powerful. Jafar falls for the ruse and wishes to be turned into a
genie himself, which Genie complies. Jafar then changes form which frees Aladdin so he can
run to Jasmine's hourglass and break her out before she suffocates. As Jafar revels in his
newfound power, Aladdin reminds him that being a Genie also means becoming a servant to
whomever holds the lamp. Jafar is suddenly shackled and is sucked into the new lamp created
by his wish and is trapped.

Genie takes the Jafar lamp and throws it out into the desert, where it lands in the Cave of
Wonders as the new lamp. The genie then tells Aladdin that if he wants to use his third wish to
become a prince again he can. Aladdin, however, wishes the genie free. The lamp becomes
inactive and the genie's shackles fall off his wrists. Overjoyed that he's no longer a servant, the
Genie plans to travel the world. The Sultan, knowing that Aladdin is not a prince, decides to let
him marry his daughter after seeing how much Aladdin and Jasmine care for each other. Abu is
changed back into his monkey form and the Genie leaves after an emotional goodbye. Aladdin
and the princess are married and Aladdin becomes heir to the kingdom. They fly away on
Aladdin's carpet toward the moon, which turns into the laughing genie's face.

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Cat on a Tin Hot roof

by Tennessee Williams
In the opening scene, Brick Pollitt, a former high school football star, spends a drunken night
jumping hurdles on a school athletic field at Eastern Mississippi High School in a tragic attempt
to recapture his glory days. He falls and breaks his right ankle.

Some days later, Brick and his older brother, Gooper, visit the family cotton plantation in eastern
Mississippi to celebrate their father's 65th birthday on a hot and humid August day. The family
rumor is that the wealthy patriarch "Big Daddy" Pollitt (Burl Ives) may have developed colon
cancer and would be forced to quickly settle his will, leaving his money and land to one of his
two sons before he dies.

Gooper and his shrew wife Mae have gone to great lengths to stay in Big Daddy's good favor.
Gooper has lived his entire life in accordance with his father's casual instructions, and he and
Mae have a "dynasty" of five children to carry on the Pollitt name. Brick's wife Maggie (Elizabeth
Taylor) is clever and outspoken, and holds no small amount of contempt for Gooper and Mae's
entitled attitudes and five spoiled and obnoxious offspring (which Maggie frequently refers to as
"no-neck monsters") who run around the house unsupervised. Brick, recovering from his leg
injury on crutches, spends all his time in his bedroom, drinking heavily and argues with Maggie
about the dismal state of their marriage. Maggie still adores Brick, though she is troubled by his
self-destructive behavior, and Brick is angry and sullen towards Maggie because of a yet
unspecified incident involving his recently-deceased friend. Adding to the pressure is Gooper's
and Mae's constant criticism of Brick and Maggie due to Brick's alcoholism and the fact that they
are childless.

Big Daddy and his wife Ida arrive home on their private airplane from the Mayo Clinic where Big
Daddy received the news that he is not dying of cancer after all. They are greeted at the airport
by Gooper, Mae, and their brood of kids, but Big Daddy ignores them and is driven home by
Maggie. Big Daddy is openly dismissive of Gooper's and Mae's sycophantic attitudes, knowing
that they fawn over him in an attempt to secure his money and plantation for themselves. Upon
arrival back at the Pollitt plantation, Brick refuses to greet his father or come down for the party,
and remains in his room, drinking.

While the birthday celebration begins, Maggie runs upstairs to tell Brick of Big Daddy's positive
test results and entreats him to make an appearance at the party. Brick refuses and continues
drinking. Disappointed, Maggie declares that she cannot live without Brick, but when she
embraces him, he flees, locking himself in the bathroom. Moments later, Ida bursts in to the
bedroom looking for Brick and demands to know if he is still drinking. She then remarks that
Maggie's continued childlessness and Brick's alcoholism are indicative of a failed marriage. Dr.
Baugh then intervenes, asking to examine Brick's ankle. Once alone with Brick, Dr. Baugh
confides that he has lied about Big Daddy's condition, which is fatal. The doctor admits he
privately told Gooper the truth during the drive from the airport, but decided to spare Big Daddy
and Ida to let them enjoy the party. In reality, Big Daddy has terminal colon cancer and will be
dead within a few months. The brothers initially keep the information to themselves, but Brick
soon tells Maggie, who is deeply saddened.
As the evening wears on, the party wines down as it begins to rain, forcing the few guests and
family inside. As the last of the guests depart, Big Daddy soon grows annoyed with the party
and his fickle family and ventures upstairs to speak with Brick, his favorite son. He chastises
him for his excessive drinking, and for his cold treatment of Maggie. Brick grows defensive and
even violent when Big Daddy brings up the subject of Skipper, Brick's old football buddy who
had jumped from a fifth-floor hotel window to his death a few years before. Realizing that there
is more to the story, Big Daddy brings Maggie into the conversation. She explains that she
hated Brick's pro-football career because he always put it before her, and that she hated
Skipper for distracting Brick from his marriage. (Note: there is subtle suggestion here that Brick
and Skipper had been romantically involved.) Maggie describes a drunken episode between
herself and Skipper in which she considered seducing him simply to spite her husband, but
reconsidered at the last minute. Brick then explains that Skipper had telephoned him, seeming
to think that he and Maggie had actually made love (though he had been too drunk to remember
clearly). Skipper tearfully tried to apologize to his best friend, but Brick angrily hung up on him.
Skipper killed himself soon after, and Brick blamed Maggie for the tragedy. Brick angrily leaves
the house as the thunderstorm rages. Big Daddy follows him out into the rain and tries to
prevent his drunken son from getting into the car and driving home, but Brick angrily reveals to
his father that the doctor had lied... that his illness is terminal. A shocked Big Daddy goes inside
the house and down to the basement to be alone, while Brick, emotionally exhausted, is
escorted back inside by Maggie.

During this time, as nearly all of the other guests have left the party, Gooper and Mae had been
trying to convince Ida to settle Big Daddy's will to give them the entire estate. Ida is still unaware
of her husband's condition. As Ida begins to feel stress from all the hub-bub, Mae lets it slip that
Big Daddy's cancer test was positive as Gooper told her minutes ago. The doctor has no choice
but to admit the truth. Ida is at first overcome, but then firmly states that her husband will not be
dying anytime soon, desperately trying to hold together the last traces of family unity. Maggie
joins the conversation and speaks calmly to Ida to soothe her, whereas Gooper and Mae
continue to hound Ida with demands. At this point, the personal rivalry between the two sisters-
in-law, Mae and Maggie, becomes clear as they begin arguing with each other. Maggie reveals
that she sees Mae as a dishonest, greedy, selfish, trailer-trash interloper who married Gooper
solely for his parents wealth; Mae, who is pregnant with her sixth child, verbally counter-attacks
with her belief that Maggie does not deserve any inheritance because she is childless and her
husband drinks.

Meanwhile, Brick has put on clean dry clothes and followed his father to the cellar. Big Daddy
sits in silence in his bathrobe as the apologetic doctor explains that there is no use in hiding the
truth. He gives Big Daddy morphine and a syringe for the pain, and returns upstairs. Brick and
Big Daddy slowly begin to rehash the past, with Brick angrily pointing out that Big Daddy's
version of "family love" consists of showering his wife and sons with money and material
possessions. Big Daddy admits that he indeed does not care for many of his family members,
including his wife, and that he built his business to demonstrate the great things he was capable
of.
After further prodding, Big Daddy recollects his own father: a Spanish-American War veteran
and boxcar tramp with no real job and no authority. Though he first speaks of his father with
hostility, Big Daddy begins to smile as he remembers the fun he had as a child in traveling with
his drifter father. He admits that he had loved his father more than anything, though he had
been poor and overlooked by society. Brick becomes overwrought with emotion and trashes the
basement, breaking the expensive items that his father had bought over the years to
demonstrate his wealth. Once he calms down, he finally sees eye to eye with his father and the
two weakened men help each other up the stairs.

Maggie, Gooper, Mae, and Ida are still in a heated conversation in the living room over Big
Daddy's will, with Gooper and Mae demanding the majority of his estate when he passes on.
Brick overhears his brother and sister-in-law mocking him for his drinking habit, and calmly
intervenes. Big Daddy speaks to his wife with newfound respect and affection, and has adopted
a positive outlook despite his condition. To halt the argument about the inheritance, Maggie tells
the family that she is finally pregnant. Mae is outraged and calls her a liar, but Big Daddy and
Ida are happy at the news. Brick goes upstairs and calls for Maggie. In their bedroom, Maggie
thanks Brick for going along with her lie: she is not really pregnant, but wanted to give Brick's
parents some hope for the future. Brick assures her that they "are through with lies and liars in
this house." They lock the door and go to bed, rekindling their romance at last.

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