Note by Dean Thomas
This story features
mostly common English, but the chapters are acts arranged in
Shakespearean fashion. In a Shakespearean play, there are five acts.
Act I is the exposition, in which we meet the characters and learn
the general setting and situation. Act II features the narrative hook
or inciting conflict. Act III is supposed to be the climax in which a
decision is made that decides whether the story will have a good or
bad ending, though the tension may increase from that point on. Act
IV has what is termed as falling action by Shakespearean standards,
but the tension may again still increase. Act V is the conclusion,
which includes a cementing of a relationship (often by marriage) or a
reconciliation or both. A death, though, is also a possibility.
Setting: Hogwarts, June 1998
Dramatis
Personae
Ron Weasley,
Gryffindor 7th year and prefect
Dean Thomas,
Gryffindor 7th year
Seamus Finnigan,
Gryffindor 7th year
Harry Potter, the Boy
Who Lived, Gryffindor 7th year and Quidditch captain
Hermione Granger, Head
Girl, Gryffindor 7th year
Lavender Brown,
Gryffindor 7th year
Parvarti Patil,
Gryffindor 7th year
Ginny Weasley,
Gryffindor 6th year
