The Story of an Hour Modern Outline


Noah Chi
Ms. Guarino
IB Lit & Perf
12/09/19

Genre:
The genre that I am most likely picking for my stage pictures is realistic fiction. The story itself is more out of place than usual, and I’m thinking of narrowing it down to make it more easy to realize what is going on. The person with the emotions will only have a few emotions compared the bazillion emotions that Ms. Mallard had. 

Characters:
The characters are probably going to have different names. We basically know that her first name is Louise, which is a name many people don’t use nowadays. So I was thinking of changing it to something like Lisa, close enough to the original. Brently will just be Brett, nothing more difficult than that. They all have their same roles but played in a more modern and realistic era. The neighbor is going to be a boy instead, with the name of Joe or Joseph. 

Setting:
The setting is going to be in an apartment in a city, NYC for example. It’s a very cloudy day where you cannot see any planes if you looked out the window. 

Plot:
The plot is basically the same exact plot but going to be modernized. Instead of people personally informing the wife of what essentially happened to her husband, it will be over the phone about how a plane crashed, not a “railroad disaster”. However, the person going to her house trying to comfort her will be the neighbor because she will be able to hear the commotion of shock next door. She ends up dying knowing she doesn’t want to do anything else and gives up on life. 

Climax/Pivotal Moments/Resolution:
All the main moments happen in the resolution in my opinion. The plot changes greatly from the original towards the end. It isn’t suicide, it is forced self defense by the neighbor. The reasoning behind it is because the wife wants to die but cannot do it herself. The neighbor ends up killing the wife, with blood on his hands, at the exact time the husband walks in to see the scene that has just been displayed in front of him. This is where the act ends.

I’m excited, but I’m going to have to figure out how to portray this because I still have no clue. 

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