easy-to-understand drama targeted to all secondary school students so as to arise their
awareness to the importance of environmental protection.
Setting and characters
I wish to do a drama with a fairy-like setting. The story happens in a country
named Crystalia. Its name originated from a crystal pillar which generates electricity
for the whole country. There will be three main characters in the designed drama.
There will be a plump and extravagant Emperor, who should be a bad guy wasting
resources in the country. He craves comfort and pleasure at the expense of the
citizens’ livelihood. Apart from the brutal Emperor, no doubt there will be a nice and
kind-hearted person, who is the Goddess of Crystal. She is the one who gives energy
to the country through the crystal pillar. She is righteous as she stops providing
energy, seeing that the Emperor is wasting energy. The hero in the drama is
Robinhood. His father died during the construction of an awning, so he leads the
citizens to oppose the Emperor whose act threatens the citizens’ lives. He is brave and
patriotic, and he does everything for the sake of the citizens.
Plot
The story is about energy crisis. The Emperor is tolerant of the hot weather.
Therefore, he orders the citizens to build an awning covering his own castle in which
air conditioning is operated 24-hours. With the awning over his place, he is happy that
he can always enjoy comfortable temperatures. Consuming too much energy on
non-stop air conditioning, there is a shortage of energy for the crystal pillar. The
Emperor can no longer enjoy comfortable temperatures. Even worse, the termination
of electricity supply leads to too high temperatures in the households, and some even
die because of heatstroke. The Goddess and Robinhood thus come to the Emperor,
threatens the Emperor that if he puts the lives of the citizens aside of everything, she
will destroy the whole country by breaking the crystal pillar. Robinhood also tells the
Emperor about his father’s death and the poor livelihood of the people owning to his
behaviour. Not until this time the Emperor understands what he has done is a
catastrophe for all the people, and he deeply regrets about it. In the end, the Emperor
promises not to waste energy on his awning anymore.
Conclusion
In is expected that after watching this drama, students will be more conscious
that energy is limited and will think twice before they use energy.
