ACTIVITY 15.3: Writing a Synopsis (SUMMARY) of SLEEPING BETTY
What is a Synopsis? A synopsis is a very brief summary of the key plot and theme of a much longer text. Movie trailers; TV promotions etc are Synopses.
Wuthering Heights is a complex love story. Here is one synopsis that I found on the Internet:
Many people consider Wuthering Heights to be a straightforward, if intense, love story. This is a mistake. Really the story is one of revenge. It follows the life of Heathcliff, a mysterious gypsy-like man, from his childhood (about seven years old) to his death in his late thirties. Heathcliff rises in his adopted family, but then is reduced to the status of a servant. He runs away when Cathy (his step-sister) whom he loves, decides to marry another wealthy landowner. Heathcliffe returns later, rich and educated, and sets about gaining his revenge on the people that he believed ruined his life, including Cathy and her husband.
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. WORKING WITH YOUR PARTNER, WRITE A SYNOPSIS (minimum of 25 lines) of the story told in SLEEPING BETTY