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ENGLISHLITERATURE
COMPONENTDrama: Gulp and Gasp
Ayzad Zaqwan Bin Zainal
4A
Amethyst 411513
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THE SYNOPSYS
This a melodrama about Lord Septic, a very wealthy
villain who meets his match in the hero,Percy Gatsby.
Lord Septic is greedy for more power, money and fame.
he is so villanuos that he is capable of committing
murder to get what he wants. he owns the railways andis after the Gatsby gold. Crouch, Lord Septic's
manservant, is a slimy person who as his name suggests
crouches to the demands of Lord Septic. He is a big bully
who grovels for his living. Rose is a damsel in distress
who makes a living out of selling flowers. She is blind and
hopes to have enough money to heal her sight and to
look after her sick mother. She meets Percy, the hero
who comes to the station and rescues her from Crouch.
They fall in love and he rescues her from a bloody death
at the railway tracks. Later, Percy learns he is the heir to
the Gatsby gold and is known as Sir Percy. Lord Septicloses everything.
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THE PLOTEXPOSITION - Lord Septic, the villain,and his manservant Crouch, a groveling
bully, are waiting for the midnight
express at the train station. Lord Septic
owns all the train stations and he wants
wealth and power.
RISING ACTION/CONFLICT - Rose, a
blind flower girl comes to the station.
Crouch bullies her and Percy, the
dashing hero comes in to help her. He
tells her about himself.
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CLIMAX - Lord Septic hits Percy and ties
Rose to the train track. Percy runs off to
try and stop the train coming down the
track.
FALLING ACTION - Percy stops the train
and Rose is saved. Percy learns that he is
Sir Percy Gatsby and heir to the GatsbyGold.
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RESOLUTION - Lord Septic and Crouch,
the villains, are tied up and waiting to be
picked up by the police. Percy, the hero,
proposes Rose and she agrees to marry
him.
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THE THEMESGreed and MaterialismLord Septic yearns for more money although he
is already rich. He aims to be the richest man inthe world. He and his father killed Lady Gatsby
for her gold. He married his wife because she
owns a gun factory. To cut cost, he does not
care for the safe storage of matches at his
factory.
Justice prevails
In the end the truth is known. Lady Gatsbys
murderer is found and the gold is returned to
its rightful owner. Lord Septics greed leads to
his downfall, as Percy and Rose are prepared to
expose his crimes.
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THE SETTINGSy An empty train
station.
y A cold foggy night.
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THE CHARACTER
ROSE
Characteristics: Poor and humble
Textual evidence:
She lives in poverty and sells flowers for a living. The
hardship that she is going through made her lead a
simple, humble and homely life. When she came to sell
the flowers at the railway station, she has not eaten for 3
days and she is greatly hoping to earn some coins. Her
house is in a very poor condition and the attic room has
dry rot.
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Characteristics: Blind and innocent
Textual evidence:
Rose is blind due to the flames at the match factoryowned by Lord Septic. She has to lead a hard life as she
lost her eye sight. Though she is blind, she is honest in
earning money for living and her deed of working as a
flower girl reflects her innocent attribute.
Characteristics: Hardworking and strong
determination
Textual evidence:
She is hardworking and strong determined as she iswilling to take all the trouble to walk all alone and sell
the flowers at her own risk. She wants to save up for an
operation on her eyes.
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Characteristics: Caring and devoted
Textual evidence:
She cares for her sick mother, so she sells flowers inorder to pay for her mother's medication and
treatments. She is a devoted child who looks after her
ailing mother although she is blind.
Characteristics: OptimisticTextual evidence:
She is also optimistic as she never gives up in her effort
to earn money to treat her mother and for her eyes
operation. She is a person who is always hopeful and
expects the best in all things.
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Characteristics: Smart and efficient
Textual evidence:
She discovers the identity of Lord Septic, accuses him ofvictimizing her and threatens to expose his crimes by
showing a courageous spirit to fight for her rights.
Besides that she is also quick in finding out about Percy's
background and gives moral support to him to regain his
family fortune. She helps in unraveling the mystery of the
key in order to tie up all the loose ends.
Characteristics: Romantic
Textual evidence:
Her romantic admiration towards Percy is revealed
through her speech: "Oh, Percy! You're my hero. My
knight in shining armour. My good knight." She also said,
"It could be the key to my heart!"
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PERCYCharacteristics: A helpful orphan
Textual evidence:
Percy's mother was killed on the railway line and he
became an orphan living in poverty and hardship. He was
found in the litter bin at the railway station, wearing a
purse containing a key bearing the initials, NSL. He wentthrough a poor life without realizing that he is actually
the rightful heir to Gatsby Gold. Although he is an
orphan, he is a selfless and helpful. He helps Rose to pick
up her flowers which is thrown by Crouch, and rescued
Rose from being killed by Lord Septic when she is tied on
the railway tracks by Crouch.
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Characteristics: Generous
Textual evidence:
Although he is poor he is sympathetic towards Rose and
he really wish he could give her some money when he
first meet her at the railway station. When Percy came to
know that he is rightfully the heir of Gatsby Gold, he
willing to share his gold with Rose.
Characteristics: Intelligent and resourceful
Textual evidence:
Percy is quick in thinking as he managed to stop the train
before it runs on Rose. He is smart enough to dab his
bleeding nose with his pants until it become dark re. then
he climbed up the gas lamp at the far end of the station
and put his pants over the lamp.The train driver thought
it was a stop light, so his pants brought the train to a
halt.
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Characteristics: Kind hearted and humble
Textual evidence:
Percy is willing to share his wealth with Rose although heis an aristocrat. He propose Rose as he is willing to marry
her out of love . He willing said that half of his wealth is
for her, so that she can pay for the operation to regain
her eyesight and pay for her mother's pills to make her
well again.Besides that he wants to buy a home and
marry Rose and be her life partner.
Characteristics: Brave and fights for justice
Textual evidence:
He grabs Crouch by his color when Crouch treated Rose
badly. He rescues Rose from being killed by Lord Septic
and he manages to chain him and his servant so that they
cannot escape from their evil deeds. Finally the villains
are left to their fate as the police are approaching the
track.
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LORD SEPTICCharacteristics: Cruel and greedy
Textual evidence:
Lord Septic is a cruel owner of the match factory where
Rose worked. . When she lost her eyesight due to the fire
in the factory, he did not pay her for the damage. Besides
that he treats Rose like a beggar and chases her form therailway station. Although he is rich, he want more and
more wealth, he seeks more power and willing to kill for
it. He wants to be the richest man and wants to find the
Gatsby Gold.
Characteristics: Hot tempered and egoistic
Textual evidence:
He grabs Rose by the wrist and demands Crouch to tie
her up. He takes control of the situation and he said that
no one ever tells him what to do
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Characteristics: violent
Textual evidence:
He creeps from the shadows and mercilessly hits Percyon his head with his stick.Then he slams Percy against the
locker. He commands Crouch to tie Rose with the rope to
the tracks as he hears the train coming.
Characteristics: SelfishTextual evidence:
He did not keep the match factory safe because it would
cause him money. As a result there was a fire out break
which has caused harm and trouble to the poor workers
who earn their living working in the factory. He even has
no respect for his wife and calls her a nagger and he
confesses that he married her wealth as she own a gun
factory.
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Characteristics: Evil in nature
Textual evidence:
He threw away the Gatsby Kid in the litter bin withoutany sense of humanity. He mistreats his workers and is
very rude to Crouch, Percy and Rose. He is impatient and
ill-mannered as he plans to sack the driver and everyone
if the train does not arrive.
Characteristics: Rude
Textual evidence:
He is rude and uncouth in language and he looks as
though he lacks breeding although he retends to be
someone from upper crust. His rudeness is revealed from
the way he talks and treats Rose, Crouch and Percy
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CROUCHCharacteristics: SubservientTextual evidence:
Crouch is a servant who is so devoted and
submissive towards his master. Lord Septic. He
gives too much respect to his master. He is dim-
witted as he simply agrees with whatever his bosssay and instructs.
Characteristics: BullyTextual evidence:
He bullies Rose and throws away her tray of rose
across the platform. He has no sense of humanity
although he knows that Rose is poor and blind.
Characteristics: CowardTextual evidence:
He is actually feeble has he confesses that he is just
following orders from Lord Septic and he doesn't
want to be blamed for the evil acts he did.
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Characteristics: GrovelTextual evidence:
He has no self dignity and grovels for a living. Hegrovel at Lord Septic by saying that he is such a
great man and he has a big lordship. He even
grovels at Percy by saying "By all means, sir.
Anything you say, sir."
Characteristics: Power crazyTextual evidence:
He enjoys the time when he is given power to chase
Rose from the railway tracks. Thus he is also power
crazy like his master.
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THE MORAL VALUESWe should be sensitive to peoplesfeelings.
Crouch is unkind to Rose. He knows that Rose is
blind but he bullies her by throwing away her
flowers. In contrast, Percy is kind to Rose. He
helps her pick up the flowers and tries to cheer
her up. He also offers to pay for her eye
operation.
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Responsibility
We must be responsible in life. Lord Septic is
not a responsible employer. He did not pay his
workers and does not care for their safety.
Rose, on the other hand is very responsible.
Although she is blind, she sells flowers to earn
money so that she can help her mother.
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THE LANGUANGEPuns:A play on words that sounds the same but
have several meanings and would create a
certain degree of confusion.
Example:-
Percy: What a rotter that manis! They
have just go on a strike on one of his factories.
They all want a shorter wick.
Rose : [laughing] I think you mean WEEK. They
want a shorter working WEEK.
Percy: No it is a candlefactory.
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Confused language:
The use of different words in replace of the
more appropriate words.
Example :
Lord Septic : It is just like the night many years
ago. I stood right here as my father tied Lady
Gatsby to the sametrack.She was the riches
widow in town. He tricked her to meet him on
this station one dark night.
Crouch : Killer trains must runs in your family,sir!What Crouch should have said is Killer
veins that means killing streak must have been
hereditary.But instead he uses killer trains
because the killing happened ina train station
and Lady Gatsby was runover by a train
aswould be Rose.
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Tongue twisters :
a phrase that is intended to be difficult to say,
especially when repeated quickly and often.
And it also sounds comical when the characters
say their lines quickly.
Example :
Percy is purse and purple pants popped these
plotters and their pranks.
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BACKGROUND OFTHE AUTHORThe Playright John Townsend
John Townsend is a childrens writer of over a
hundred books, many of which arenon-fiction
covering diverse subjects such as history,
geography, science, medicine, crime, and natural
history. Having taught in both primary and
secondary schools (including running a special
needs department in a comprehensive school),
he has experience of all ages, abilities and most
curriculum subjects includingdrama&writing/producing the dreaded school
plays.