Act 1 of Giselle starts in a village. Giselle is a girl who loves her neighbour Loys but Loys infact is Count Albrecht in disguise. However, another man Hillarion is a forrester who loves Giselle but she does not love him back. Next, everyone is at a village celebration and Hillarion finds out who Loys really is while they are at the celebration. During the party, some royals arrive including Bathilde who is to be married to Count Albrecht. Hillarion then reveals that Loys is really Count Albrecht. Giselle goes mad after hearing this news, she is mad with grief and kills herself.
Act 2 - It starts in a forest at night. At midnight Hillarion is at the grave of Giselle and he meets the Wills. The wills are ghosts of women who have died before there wedding day. Giselle hasnt been married so therefore becomes a Wills too. Count Albrecht then visits the grave and brings white flowers for Giselle. Giselle then appears to him and the Wills kill Hillarion by dancing him to death. The Wills then try to kill Count Albrecht but Giselle pleads with Queen Myrtha to let him live. Dawn then arrives and the Wills leave Count Albrecht to live.
Putting it in context - Change in control of power in the world. The rise of the British empire - we see this in Giselle when Hillarion reveals who Loys really is.
Scientific, mathematic and geographical discoveries - new technologies available - Gas light.
The industrial revolution, children put to work at a young age - lower class.
Slavery around the world reduced - the count loving Giselle, challenging class differences.
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