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  2. Scene and sequel - Wikipedia

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    Scene and sequel are two types of written passages used by authors to advance the plot of a story. Scenes propel a story forward as the character attempts to achieve a goal. [1] Sequels provide an opportunity for the character to react to the scene, analyze the new situation, and decide upon the next course of action. [2]

  3. List of works influenced by One Thousand and One Nights

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    1990 saw the premiere of La Noche de las Noches, a work for string quartet and electronics by Ezequiel Viñao (based on a reading from Burton's "Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night"). [ 27 ] John Adams 's 2014 "dramatic symphony" and concerto for violin, Scheherazade.2 imagines a modern and more heroic female lead.

  4. List of adaptations of Beowulf - Wikipedia

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    In one scene the protagonist attends the celebration in Heorot after Beowulf kills Grendel. Beowulf only appears in this scene, but he has a profound effect on the motivations of the protagonist. 1958: The Ring-givers, a novel by W. H. Canaway. It is historical novel based closely on the poem. [7] 1961: As a children's story by Rosemary ...

  5. Epilogue - Wikipedia

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    Some epilogues may feature scenes only tangentially related to the subject of the story. They can be used to hint at a sequel or wrap up all the loose ends. They can occur at a significant period of time after the main plot has ended. In some cases, the epilogue is used to allow the main character a chance to "speak freely".

  6. Revolting Rhymes - Wikipedia

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    Revolting Rhymes is a 1982 poetry collection by British author Roald Dahl.Originally published under the title Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, it is a parody of traditional folk tales in verse, where Dahl gives a re-interpretation of six well-known fairy tales, featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after finishes.

  7. Literary adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Books and plays adapted into video games include The Witcher, based on the fantasy novels and short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on a Chinese 14th-century historical novel; I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, based on a short story by Harlan Ellison; and Hamlet, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

  8. List of works titled after Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Ill Met by Moonlight, 1950 book by W. Stanley Moss (II.i) Ill Met by Moonlight, 1957 film adaptation of Moss's book, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (II.i) Ill Met by Moonlight, 1994 film by S. P. Somtow (II.i) "Ill Met by Moonlight", 1996 episode of Gargoyles (II.i) Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire (II.ii) Bottom's Dream by Arno ...

  9. Sequel to Drum-Taps - Wikipedia

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    Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and other poems is a collection of eighteen poems written and published by American poet Walt Whitman in 1865. Most of the poems in the collection reflect on the American Civil War (1861–1865), including the elegies " When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd " and " O Captain!