Song #1: Mine by Taylor Swift
Plot: This song is about a guy and a girl who meet in a cafe where the boy is waiting tables, they talk, fall in love, and it talks about all the summer nights by the water. Then talks about flashing forward and they're taking on the world together, where they move all of their stuff together but the conflict comes where they're fighting late at night and she storms out but he runs in the street to stop her. He tells her "do you remember how we felt sittin by the water? You are the best thing that's ever been mine." And then it goes through them remembering why they fell in love in the first place. I think this song is a great example of a song that tells a story.
Characters: The boy, girl (Taylor Swift), and her parents.
Setting: A cafe, the lake, a new home
Song #2: Speak Now by Taylor Swift
Plot: This song is all one big conflict. It tells the story of how a girl is in love with a boy that is about to get married. She needs to find a way to stop him so she goes to the wedding and is describing the bridal party and how she is the wrong girl for him and she barges in when the preacher says speak now or forever hold your peace. And she interrupts and tells him to meet her at the church doors. So it goes through the whole experience and the story leading up to her speaking up during the wedding ceremony.
Characters: Snotty bride, the girl, the groom to be, bridal party, preacher.
Conflict: She needs to stop the guy she loves from marrying the wrong girl.
Setting: The church house.
What if the song was written that she never intruded and spoke up? What would they call it then? It would just be a depressing song about a girl who watched everything she hoped for pass her by.
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