Subplot

Books and movies go together like peanut butter and jelly. The author’s work becomes a feature length movie entertaining more people than have ever even heard of the book. While many audience members leave the theater with their jaws on the floor, some audience members leave a little disappointed. They see all the details that the movie got wrong, big or small. Many movies fail to completely fulfill their original book’s ideas and plot lines. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is no exception to this…

In the rivetingly tragic play "King Lear" by Shakespeare, there is a sizable amount of themes that ricochets between the subplot and main plot. In an attempt to universalize the travesties endured by the protagonist and tragic hero, Shakespeare incorporates a significant subplot into King Lear. Although the focus clearly lies on the tragic plight of King Lear, the secondary plot involving Gloucester and his offspring mirrors and dramatizes Lear's hopeless situation. Both Lear and Gloucester…

There’s a sci-fi subplot verbalized by Nichols. First, on a small note, Nichols tends to repeat himself that he has failed (he says this about three times). He relates that Ryan needs to save the world. Daryl finds some futuristic device and refers to “Starburst”. One understands it’s a set up for a possible future novel. Adding a sci-fi element is an artistic choice. It definitely can work in a novel, but if it’s going to be set up, then provide just a brief payoff near the end, even if it’s…

peculiar interpretation of paradise. His drama, Arcadia, is increasingly chaotic, depicting three subplots that span distinct characters in two different time periods: an 1809 cast and a present day troupe. He bounces various extramarital affairs and mathematical quandaries between the eras, challenging the past characters to unravel these conflicts and the present-day characters to decipher the past. Each subplot is written so that one cannot follow a linear narrative within each era; the plot…

through the book To Execute a Mockingbird. She did this with many lit gadgets however the 3 most critical were struggle, imagery, and subplots. A standout amongst the most critical lit gadgets were distinctive sorts of contentions, and there…

town. The book does a good job setting this up, but adds two hugely unnecessary subplots, one simply boring and the other horrendously offensive on just about every level. We’ll start with the boring one. In the movie, the mayor of Amity, Larry Vaughan, is a slimy fellow who wears…

The comic subplots in Shakepeare’s Twelfth Night and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus function in the overall structures of the plays in many ways. Specifically, I argue that they parallel the main plot, emphasizing the theme of self-love that dominates the main plot. Within Twelfth Night, the emphasis that is placed on the theme of self-love is prominent from the moment the play begins. For example, it opens with the following speech by Orsino to himself: “If music be the food of love, play on/Give me…

Dill, Heck Tate, and Walter Cunningham are all minor characters that have a significant impact. Minor characters are not major characters for a reason, but still have a significant impact on the story because they help contribute to many of the subplots which help develop the story as a whole. One of the most important minor characters is Calpurnia. She was not just the Finches cook she also plays a significant role in the teachings and exposure of Scout and Jem in the story as she was there…

and his capabilities as the war has changed him. Leading up to this major plot are many subplots which help form him into what he is at the end of the story. The subplots consist of Henry enlisting into the army, deserting his fellow comrades after the first battle, witnessing his friend Jim die a horrific death and getting hit in the head by a soldier from his own side then pretending to get shot. These subplots, though…

One of the oddest subplots starts with Scott at a secret meeting, bossing around a corrupt cop, Deputy Rogers (Jim Parrack). He enlists the deputy for help and then that subplot ends abruptly without accomplishing anything. In another scene all of Scott’s kids sit around a large table listening to his will being read, when an outburst reveals a large family secret but its never mentioned again after the reveal. Another random subplot begins when KC Briggs (Josh Hartnett) threatens…