Romanticism+Screenplay+B

__**[|Romanticism folmer project.doc]

Scene 1**__ Two people are walking through the woods next to a stream. Pat H come out with his shirt rip, indicating how poor he is. He is depressed at the fact that his life is horrible. PatrickH: "I hate my life" Chris: "Just listen to the sounds of nature and to the creek, it makes your forget about your problems" Patrick H: "No my probelms are to large to be solved by stupid nature." Chris: "Well God is in nature, and God can solve all your problems." Patrick H: " God has not given me money." Chris "Okay, okay, i will leave you alone for you can not find God unless you are alone in nature." Patrick H: "Okay, but i doubt this will help." Chris leaves the scene. Patrick H: "I cant beleive he thinks my problems can be solved by this stupid idea. He rips off a leave of a tree. Patrick looks deeply into the leaf that he had ripped off and drops it in the water. Pat hears a sound and turns around but there is no one around. A man in torn and mangled clothing walks up behind him. Joe G: "So you think you have a terrible life?" Pat H: "Yeah. What's it to you?" Joe chuckles. Pat H: "Who are you and what are you laughing at?" Joe G: "I just find your sense of self-pity funny" Pat H: "You think its funny that I'm poor?" Joe G: "No. I didn't say that. I said it was funny that you think you're the only person who has a bad life" Pat H: "I do have a bad life. My parents died when I was young and i have been living on the streets ever since." Joe G: "I never even had parents. I tried to help people to better themselves and they ran me out of town. I live hear in the woods." Pat H:"Why would you want to live in the woods?" Joe G: "By living in the woods I am forced to live off the land and live by myself. I feel conected to God by be conected to nature." Pat H whispers to himself:"So he was right, nature can really help me find a solution to your problems." Joe G:"Alright, well I've got to go, maybe I'll se you around." Joe leaves the scene. Pat is left alone and thinks to himself for a moment. Pat H:" I guess there right, my life isn't that bad" Pat leaves the scene. End scene.

Pat D is sitting at a desk reading an Edgar A. Poe book. Chris H aproaches from behind and touches him on the shoulder. Pat is startled and jumps a little. Pat D:"Oh. You startled me." Joe:"Sorry, I was just wondering what you were doing and if you wanted any company." Pat D:"Its okay. I was just reading this Edgar Allen Poe story. Its scary stuff." Joe:"I know, I've read a couple of his stories before." Pat D:"O well if you like him you should read some other stories written around the same time. Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, M. L. Lewis, and Eugène Sue. they all wrote the same type of stories during the Gothic Romantic period." Joe:"Really? What do they have in common?" Pat D:" They are all horror stories, which was a very popular genre during that time. It captures the fear of the people by telling stories of people's worst fears, such as being buried alive and mysterious forces."
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