Plot

The plot is the conflict, it is the romance, it is the overall story or tale. Characters and plot go hand in hand. The reason is, because if there were no characters then there would be no plot. Characters make the conflict, and conflict makes the plot. Therefore, the story comes from the people who are involved. In Pride and Prejudice, the plot is more conventional. It comes from within the characters. Two people think they hate each other, they can't be together because of their different stature in society, they realize they are in love, and they make their love work! But in Hamlet, we have an external and internal plot. The external being all that is happening in Denmark with the change of Kings, etc. And internally because of the way the plot centralizes and focuses around Hamlet, and what he reveals to the audience (his emotions, and his internal changes and realizations throughout the play). Without a plot there would be no story, no play, no poem, no fairytale. Plot is everything.