Storytelling for Lawyers (44 page)

prolepsis,
194
–
95

Propp, Vladimir,
63

protagonist.
See also
hero

characters as,
74
–
75

Failla as,
92
,
96
–
97

as hero,
78
–
80

inner contradiction of,
112

scene and,
78

screenwriters on,
112
,
113

steady state and,
24

punitive damages,
19

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
31
,
35

purposeful motion, toward ending,
64

Quintilian,
202

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO),
91
,
95
,
97
,
100
,
208

Ramirez, Helen (fictional character), in
High Noon
,
77
,
80
–
81

rape,
160
–
64

rebuttal

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
29
,
38
,
40
,
52
–
55

hero and,
40

steady state and,
38

Reck, Emil,
170
–
75

Reck v. Ragen
,
170
–
75

Reich, Charles,
41
–
42
“Remarks About Lawyers as Storytellers” (Donovan),
202

reverse causality,
190

rhetorical questions,
51

by Donovan,
104

rhythm

chronology and,
197
–
99

Lodge on,
119

in movies,
198
–
99

voice and,
119
–
26

rhythms of language,
5

RICO.
See
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Ricoeur, Paul,
8

Riggins, David E.,
124
–
26
,
140

Riggins v. Nevada

briefs for,
124
–
26

third-person objective perspective in,
140

Roemer, Michael,
9

on characters,
65
,
72

on good and evil,
42

on hero,
79

on
Jaws
,
21

on melodrama,
19

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
102

Roosevelt, Franklin,
102

round characters,
76
–
77

Failla as,
92

in
High Noon
,
80
–
81

Rusk, Edward Salvatore,
160
–
64

Rusk v. State
,
160
–
64

scene,
5

Mailer on,
128
–
30

pacing and,
197

protagonist and,
78

stretch and,
198

style and,
126
–
30

summary and,
126
–
30

Scheider, Roy,
25

The Screenplay
(Mehring),
112

screenwriters

for
High Noon
,
21

for movies,
6

on protagonists,
112
,
113

Sebald, W.G.,
157
,
164
–
75

sentences.
See also
death penalty mitigation

Failla and,
90

by judges,
74

settings and,
172
–
73

sequence of events

in ending,
64

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
46

in
Jaws
,
24

in movies,
12

narrative logic and,
194

narrative time and,
186

of plot,
11
,
12
,
13

theme and,
16
–
17

setting,
155
–
84

danger and,
158
–
64

for events,
156

Gardner on,
155

for
Jaws
,
156
–
57

for plot,
156

sentences and,
172
–
73

for theme,
156

villain as,
175
–
84

setup.
See
beginning

Shaw, Irwin,
73

Shaw, Robert,
25

side participants,
29

Silkwood, Karen,
4
,
6
,
28
–
68
.
See also The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee

as hero,
36

transformation of,
36

Simpson, O.J.,
18

Slaughterhouse Five
(Vonnegut),
185
,
187
–
200

Spence, Gerry,
4
,
6
,
20
,
207

closing argument by,
28
–
68

ending by,
200

first-person perspective by,
139

flash-forward by,
194
–
95

omniscient perspective and,
143

perspective by,
138
,
141

on story,
40

voice by,
118
–
19

zigzagging by,
29

Spielberg, Steven.
See Jaws

stage,
5

static characters,
77
–
78

in
High Noon
,
81
–
82

steady state

Donovan and,
96
–
100

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
37
–
38
,
59

Failla and,
96
–
100

in
The Hand
,
14

in
High Noon
,
23
,
25

in
Jaws
,
23

markers for,
38

in plot,
13

protagonist and,
24

rebuttal and,
38

restoration of,
13

trouble and,
24

Steinbeck, John,
135

story.
See also
backstory; framing story; ministory

arguments into,
40

in death penalty mitigation,
65

evidence into,
20

jury and,
6

narrative logic of,
141

parts of,
4
–
5

Spence on,
40

stretch,
127

scene and,
198

summary and,
198

strict liability

Donovan and,
94
–
95

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
33
–
34

Failla and,
94
–
95

struggle

between good and evil,
24

toward plot goals,
113

transformation and,
24

trouble and,
23
–
24

style

perspective and,
138
–
53

scenes and,
126
–
30

summary and,
126
–
30

voice and,
117
–
19

subplots,
205

Grasso and,
92

in
High Noon
,
25
–
26

summary,
5

for
Atkins v. Virginia
,
134
–
37

briefs and,
127
,
128

by Donovan,
127

for Failla,
127

Lodge on,
127

pacing and,
197

scenes and,
126
–
30

stretch and,
198

style and,
126
–
30

“Suzanne” (Cohen),
159

Tarantino, Quentin,
176

theme

characters and,
113
–
14

definition of,
16
–
17

description for,
156

environment for,
156

for
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
33
–
36
,
64

Gardner on,
16
,
17

of hero,
20

of
High Noon
,
22

in
Jaws
,
20
–
21

of movies,
113
–
14

plots and,
16

setting for,
156

theory of the case and,
17
–
18
,
64

zigzagging and,
38
–
39

theory of the case

Cochran and,
18

for
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
33
–
36

theme and,
17
–
18
,
64

zigzagging and,
38
–
39

third-person objective perspective,
140

third-person subjective perspective,
139

This Boy's Life
(Wolff)

character development in,
82
–
89

characterization in,
82
–
89

Dwight in,
85
–
89

excerpts from,
85
–
89

Failla and,
101

Toby in,
85
–
89

Three Mile Island,
37

time.
See
narrative time

Toby (fictional character), in
This Boy's Life
,
85
–
89

“To Invigorate Literary Mind, Start Moving Literary Feet” (Oates),
155

torts,
9
–
10

closing argument in,
28
–
68

good and evil in,
65

melodrama in,
19
,
118

townspeople, in
High Noon
,
21
–
22
,
26
,
37
,
41
,
43
–
46
,
75

transformation

of characters,
77

in
High Noon
,
26
–
27

in plot,
13

of Silkwood,
36

struggle and,
24

transformed steady state, in
The Hand
,
15
–
16

trouble

in beginning,
63

Donovan and,
96
–
100

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
37
–
38
,
67

Failla and,
96
–
100

in
High Noon
,
23

in
Jaws
,
23

in plot,
13

steady state and,
24

struggle and,
23
–
24

Uncle Ambrose,
165
–
69
,
173
,
181

verisimilitude (lifelikeness),
3

video evidence,
6

villain

as antagonist,
19

in ending,
64

environments as,
175
–
84

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
35
,
36
,
41
–
46
,
49
–
50

Grasso as,
92
,
97
–
100

hero and,
66

in
High Noon
,
20

in
Jaws
,
24
–
25

in melodrama,
19
,
36
,
65
–
66

settings as,
175
–
84

visual aids,
6

voice,
5
.

See also
present-tense voice

in briefs,
130

in
In Cold Blood
,
130
–
33

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
118
–
19

rhythm and,
119
–
26

in
Riggins v. Nevada
,
125
–
26

by Spence,
118
–
19

style and,
117
–
19

using several,
130
–
37

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.,
185
,
187
–
200

Wharton, Edith,
72

on hero,
79

While They Slept
(Harrison),
175
–
84

“The White Album” (Didion),
158
–
64

White Album
(The Beatles),
159

Williams, Terry,
145
–
47

Williams v. Taylor
,
145
–
47

Wisdom of the Heart
(Miller),
1

Wolff, Tobias,
82
–
89

Wood, James,
83

zigzagging

in
The Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee
,
46

by Spence,
29