CLIMAX

PLOT
The prince searched for the lady who owns the glass slippers. He TITLE: CINDERELLA
found Cinderella and slipped the glass slipper onto her foot. AUTHOR: CHARLES PERRAULT
RISING ACTION

The clock strikes twelve. Cinderella ran away from the

palace but she left one of her glass slippers inside.
FALLING ACTION

Cinderella and the prince marry.

Cinderella goes to the ball and dances with the prince.

The fairy godmother appears to help Cinderella

dress up for the ball.

Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters

forbid her to go to the ball, giving
Cinderella tons of house chores. CONFLICT
RESOLUTION

EXPOSITION PROTAGONIST vs. ANTAGONIST They lived happily ever after.

Setting: a land ruled by a king

Cinderella vs. Stepmother and Stepsisters
Situation/ Climate: Cinderella’s father is
severely ill
THEME
Characters: Cinderella, Prince, Fairy
godmother, Stepmother, Stepsisters love, friendship, forgiveness
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PLOT
Gaston stabs the Beast. The Beast dies in Belle’s arms. Belle TITLE: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
professes her love to the Beast and the spell is undone, reviving AUTHOR: GABRIELLE VILLENUEVE
RISING ACTION the Beast.

Belle proves her father’s sanity to the townspeople. When

Gaston finds out that Belle does not love her, he fought with
the Beast. FALLING ACTION

Belle’s father tries to prove the existence of the Beast

and her exile to the townspeople, but no one believes
The Beast restores his human form along with
him. The Beast and Belle share a romantic dance
his servants and his castle.
inside the castle.

Belle befriends the castle’s servants. After an

encounter with a pack of wolves in the forest, the
Beast rescues Belle and a friendship develops
between them.

Belle’s father, who becomes lost in the

forest, seek refuge in the Beast’s castle
but later becomes the Beast’s prisoner.
As an exchange for her father’s freedom, CONFLICT
Belle took his place as the Beast’s prisoner.
RESOLUTION

EXPOSITION PROTAGONIST vs. ANTAGONIST Belle and the Beast host a ball in the castle
and they lived happily ever after.
Setting: a small provincial French town;
Beast’s castle Belle and Beast vs. Gaston

Situation/ Climate: A handsome prince is

cursed by an enchantress. THEME

Characters: Belle, Beast, Belle’s father, love, patience, kindness

Gaston
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The fairies set the prince free. Maleficent transforms into a dragon PLOT
but the Prince kills her using the sword given by the fairies. TITLE: SLEEPING BEAUTY
AUTHOR: ROBERT SAMBER
RISING ACTION

Maleficent abducts the Prince, who is the man Aurora truly

loves and the one who can break the curse.
FALLING ACTION

The prince kisses Aurora, lifting the curse.

On her sixteenth birthday, the fairies tell Aurora that
she is a princess and take her to the palace. Maleficent
appears and tricks Aurora into touching the spindle of a
cursed spinning wheel. Aurora pricks her finger,
fulfilling the curse.
Aurora lived with her fairy godmothers away from
the palace. She met Prince Philip and immediately
falls in love with him.

Maleficent cursed Aurora that she will prick

her finger on the spindle of a spinning
wheel and die on her sixteenth birthday. CONFLICT
RESOLUTION

EXPOSITION PROTAGONIST vs. ANTAGONIST Aurora and Prince Philip returns to the castle
and they lived happily ever after.
Setting: a land ruled by a king and queen
Aurora vs. Maleficent
Situation/ Climate: King Stefan and
Queen Leah celebrates the
birth of their firstborn, THEME
Aurora.
Characters: Aurora, Prince Philip, King love, good versus evil
Stefan, Queen Leah, Flora, Fauna,
Merryweather, Maleficent