King Midas

Characters

King Midas

Aurelia(Midas's daughter)

Dionysus(The strange wizard)

Dionysus(Still a wizard and Midas's
closest advisor)

Adonis(Midas's head of servants)

Midas's cronies and politicians

Marshall Marshall(Yet another one of Midas's cronies)

Perspective

Third Person Narration

Conflict

Character vs Character

Midas vs Dionysus vs the cronies.

Setting

Midas's Kingdom and Palace

The Lonely City

A place far north(Preferably the Arctic)

On Earth

Plot

Inciting Incident

King Midas decides to give hospitality
to an impoverished man on the streets
of his kingdom.

The old and aged King Midas is dying of sickness.

Midas's many advisers were frightened that if Midas died, the kingdom would go bankrupt.

Rising Action

The old man decides to thank Midas by granting him any wish he likes.

Dionysus(portrayed as a wizard) arrives to the kingdom to treat Midas's sickness.

Midas wishes for everything he touches to turn into gold.

Climax

Midas begins to doubt his new power.

Aurelia, Midas's daughter, becomes suspicious of the wizard's growing power.

Midas realises he can't eat if his food turn into gold and he can't sleep if his pillows turn into gold as well.

Realising his kingdom might go bankrupt, Midas wants the power to turn everything he touches into gold.

When Midas hugs his daughter, he thus unintentionally turns her into gold.

Instead of granting the wish, Dionysus plots to turn Midas into gold and steal his body.

Falling Action

In a moment of desperation, Midas
pleas to the old man to take back his wish.

Unfortunately for Dionysus, the golden corpse of Midas was far too heavy to carry and he is caught red handed.

Dionysus thus takes the power away.

Resolution

At the end, Midas is happy not to have that much power.

The wizard is sent away to prison for the rest of his life.

The kingdom benefits millions through selling the golden corpse of Midas.