The Proposal

1. Setting:
   -Time: 1840 to 1849 "The Great Famine"
   -Place: Rural Western Ireland
   -Major (stock) characters:
               -Maurice Daughton: the Protagonist
               -Dennis Mullin: the Buddy
               -The Widow Mullin: the Love Interest
2. Prologue:
   -Why are we telling this story?
   -To describe the character of Famine Irish immigrants.
3. Scene 1
   -Initiation of action: Maurice needs to get married.
   -Steps to achieve goal: Maurice meets Dennis' mother.
   -Results of protagonist's actions: Maurice commissions the Matchmaker.
4. Scene 2
   -Crisis: Maurice wants to ask Margaret to marry him.
   -Reaction: Margaret declines but has an alternative proposal
5. Epilogue:
   -What have we learned?
   -Famine Irish were survivors.