Purpose: To identify Conflict and Resolution in movies or stories

The conflict of a story is the:

The resolution of a story is the: …Or how the problem was solved!

The beautiful Snow White lives deep in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs, where she hides from the wicked Queen. One day while the dwarfs are at their diamond mine, the Queen arrives at the cottage disguised as an old peddler woman and persuades Snow White to bite into a poisoned apple. The dwarfs, warned by the forest animals, rush home to chase the witch away, but they are too late to save Snow White from the poisoned apple. They place her in a glass coffin in the woods and mourn for her. The Prince, who has fallen in love with Snow White, happens by and awakens her from the wicked Queen's deathlike spell with "love's first kiss."

The Prince awakens her from the wicked Queen's deathlike spell with "love's first kiss." The Queen poisons Snow White with a poisoned apple. What is the RESOLUTION? What is the CONFLICT? Movie/Story Name Snow White

In the dark city of Gotham, the evil Joker has been robbing bank after bank, leaving the city broke and scared. The police have been unable to capture the clever Joker. Just as the city starts to lose hope, Batman comes to the rescue, trapping Joker and his crew of robbers and returning all of the stolen money to its rightful owners.

Batman comes to the rescue, trapping Joker and his crew of robbers and returning all of the stolen money to its rightful owners. The evil Joker has been robbing bank after bank, leaving the city broke and scared. Batman What is the RESOLUTION? What is the CONFLICT? Movie/Story Name

In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living with a wicked stepmother and two evil stepsisters, who turn Cinderella into a servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a bride to be his princess. The King invites every eligible girl in the kingdom to a fancy ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Although Cinderella really wants to go, she has no party dress for a ball and her evil stepsisters lock her away so that she will not be able to attend the ball. Luckily, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother comes to the rescue, making her the most beautiful gown and a pumpkin carriage to take her to the royal ball.

Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother comes to the rescue, making her the most beautiful gown and a pumpkin carriage to take her to the royal ball. Cinderella really wants to go to the ball but has no party dress and her evil stepsisters lock her away. Cinderella What is the RESOLUTION? What is the CONFLICT? Movie/Story Name

In the city of Metropolis, the nasty Lex Luthor is hard at work, planning to use a pair of nuclear missiles to create an earthquake that will wipe out the California coastline. The only person who knows of Lex’s evil plot is Clark Kent, otherwise known as Superman. Quickly changing into his suit and cape, Superman soars into the sky and stops the missiles in the air with his bare hands. He is able to destroy the missiles and ruin Lex’s plan before millions of innocent people are killed.

Superman soars into the sky and stops the missiles in the air with his bare hands. He is able to destroy the missiles. Lex Luthor is planning to use a pair of nuclear missiles to create an earthquake that will wipe out the California coastline. Superma n What is the RESOLUTION? What is the CONFLICT? Movie/Story Name

Nemo, a small clown fish with a “lucky fin,” swims into the open sea, despite his father's warnings. Nemo is caught in a net and shipped to a dentist's office in Sydney, where he is trapped in a fish tank. Nemo’s father, Marlin starts to look for him immediately. During his search, he meets a fish named Dory, who keeps him company as they travel a great distance and run into dangerous sea creatures along the way. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again. In the end, Nemo and his father find each other and live happily ever after.

After both trying to get back to each other, Nemo and his father meet up and live happily ever after. Nemo is caught in a net and shipped to a dentist's office in Sydney, where he is trapped in a fish tank. Finding Nemo What is the RESOLUTION? What is the CONFLICT? Movie/Story Name

The conflict is the: The resolution is the: Now, think of your favorite movie or story, and write the conflict & resolution from it down on your charts!