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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6119900" data-attributes="member: 22779">Really?I can set Romeo and Juliet in pretty much any setting and it's still the same plot.&nbsp; I can set Hamlet in the Serengeti Planes and use singing lions and it's still the same plot.&nbsp; I can take seven Edo period Samurai, plop them down in the American Old West, change the characters to fit, and it's still the same plot.Setting has virtually nothing to do with the plot in either of the plays you mention.&nbsp; You can entirely change the setting and get exactly the same plot.&nbsp; Setting does nothing to drive the decisions or emotions of the characters.&nbsp; Heck, you can take the plot of Lord of the Rings, remove any reference to Middle Earth and get exactly the same plot - Terry Brooks built a career out of doing exactly that.&nbsp; Sword of Shanarra is an almost word for word rip-off of LotR.I can understand why you would think that setting is central to plot, Celebrim, but, I really don't think it's that cut and dried.&nbsp; Setting is largely interchangeable while plots remain largely the same.&nbsp; Set Romeo and Juliet in Verona, New York or in space and it's still easily recognizable as Romeo and Juliet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6119900, member: 22779"] Really? I can set Romeo and Juliet in pretty much any setting and it's still the same plot. I can set Hamlet in the Serengeti Planes and use singing lions and it's still the same plot. I can take seven Edo period Samurai, plop them down in the American Old West, change the characters to fit, and it's still the same plot. Setting has virtually nothing to do with the plot in either of the plays you mention. You can entirely change the setting and get exactly the same plot. Setting does nothing to drive the decisions or emotions of the characters. Heck, you can take the plot of Lord of the Rings, remove any reference to Middle Earth and get exactly the same plot - Terry Brooks built a career out of doing exactly that. Sword of Shanarra is an almost word for word rip-off of LotR. I can understand why you would think that setting is central to plot, Celebrim, but, I really don't think it's that cut and dried. Setting is largely interchangeable while plots remain largely the same. Set Romeo and Juliet in Verona, New York or in space and it's still easily recognizable as Romeo and Juliet. [/QUOTE]

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