| Characters |
Theme |
Plot Development |
Setting |
| Old Woman |
Don't take things for granted |
Sad old woman goes to Medicine Man seeking a husband and children
to make her happy |
Old Woman's House |
| Medicine Man |
Easy come, easy go |
She chooses children |
Forest |
| Tree Children |
The wound from a fool's word cannot be healed |
Medicine Man tells her to go to the sycamore tree and pick fruit |
Sycamore Tree |
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Every action has a positive or negative reaction |
She does as he says, and children show up in her house |
Medicine Man's House |
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Guilt and Evil |
Old woman is happy |
(Magical and Timeless) |
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Exploitation and Unforgivingness |
She yells at the children, and they disappear |
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Indifference |
She returns to the Medicine Man for help, but gets none |
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(Compare with Hansel and Gretel, Old Woman in the Shoe, Snow White,
The Talking Eggs, Toads and Diamonds, etc. |
She goes back to the tree, and tries to pick the fruit again |
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But sees the children's tearful eyes |
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She then lives in sadness forever |
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Conceptual Map
| Character Role |
Qualities |
Feelings about self |
Feelings about others |
| Woman: Old To find happiness |
Assertive, resourceful, trusting, Selfish, impatient, sharp-tongued |
Self-pitiful, Lonesome, Sad, Overjoyed, Irritable, Discontented,
Regretful, Despondent |
Pride and happiness (in her children)anger (with them)frustration
(with the Medicine Man) |
Tree-Children: Young
To be good, dutiful children |
Helpful, Cheerful, Sensitive, Victimized |
Content, Peaceful, Playful, Responsible, Sad, disappointed |
Goodness (towards the old woman) |
| Medicine Man: AgelessTo help the woman find happiness |
Magical, Wise, Instructive, Facilitative, Limited, Stumped |
Helpful, matter-of-fact, neutral |
Indifference (towards the old woman) |
Character Weave
| Challenge |
Emotion |
Action |
Outcome |
| Episode 1: To find happiness |
Sadness |
Decides to seek help from Medicine Man |
Goes to see Medicine Man |
| Episode 2: To try and get a husband or children |
Happiness, Relief |
Does what Medicine Man tells her |
Goes to the sycamore tree |
| Episode 3: To complete tasks from MM in order to get children
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Determination |
Cleans pots, picks fruit, leaves them under the tree, and goes
for a walk |
Comes home to children! |
| Episode 4: To adapt to life with children |
Happiness, Contentment, Frustration |
Yells at children |
Children return to the tree from which they came |
| Episode 5: To try and get back the children |
Franticness |
Goes to the sycamore tree |
Does not succeed in getting the children back |
| Episode 6: To live once more without children |
Regretfulness, Sadness |
Cries and cries |
Lives a sad and lonely life forevermore |
Episodic Analysis
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