Setting

Setting The historical time and place and the social circumstances that create the world in which characters act and make choices. Readers who are sensitive to this world are better able to understand and judge the behavior of the characters and the significance of the action. The historical time and place and the social circumstances that create the world in which characters act and make choices. Readers who are sensitive to this world are better able to understand and judge the behavior of the characters and the significance of the action.

Geographical Topography Topography Scenery Scenery Room layout Room layout Buildings Buildings Stage set Stage set

Cultural/ Social/Time period Working conditions Working conditions Way of life Way of life Mannerisms/behavior Mannerisms/behavior Clothing Clothing Gender roles Gender roles Racism, sexism,etc Racism, sexism,etc Values Values laws laws

Artificial environment Futuristic cities, rooms, etc Futuristic cities, rooms, etc

props Tools Tools Clothing Clothing Costumes Costumes Furniture Furniture More important in plays More important in plays

To ponder How many locations are described? How many locations are described? How effective are visual descriptions? How effective are visual descriptions? Are there connections between location and character? Are there connections between location and character? What is the state of objects, furniture, dwellings? What is the state of objects, furniture, dwellings? What conclusions does the author expect us to reach? What conclusions does the author expect us to reach?

Archetypal settings The river The river The garden The garden The wasteland The wasteland The maze The maze The castle The castle The tower The tower The wilderness The wilderness The threshold The threshold The Inferno The Inferno

The Lord of the Flies Simon dropped the screen of leaves back into place. The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward the canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away. The candle-buds stirred. Their green sepals drew back a little and the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air. Simon dropped the screen of leaves back into place. The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward the canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away. The candle-buds stirred. Their green sepals drew back a little and the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air.

LotF Now the sunlight had lifted clear of the open space and withdrawn from the sky. Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea. The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island. Now the sunlight had lifted clear of the open space and withdrawn from the sky. Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea. The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.

Apply One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible