Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 2,0, Technical University of Darmstadt (Institut fur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: Tales and narratives have appeared in different forms since the birth ofmankind. It has all started with ancient cave paintings that have told stories tothose who have found them. The next step has been the writing on stones, likethe ten commandments of the holy Bible. The writing on paper has been aprogression to the writing on stones and has until today become the mostpopular form of narrating and telling stories. During the last century, however,a new form of providing an audience with narratives has slowly arose, whichhas, until today, managed to become quite a competition to books: films andTV-series. While books are still the most popular medium for telling stories,TV-series and films have managed to create a steadily growing niche. This new possibility of telling stories with actors, sound, music and specialeffects has become more and more popular. While films always have to hopefor a sequel, which depends on the gross the film has made, TV-series can andmust focus on a narrative sequence from the beginning. It all starts and endswith seriality.