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Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl
Elaine O’Reilly
Chapter 5: That night, Port Royal is besieged by the Black Pearl, a pirate ghost ship. Seeking the medallion, the pirates attack and set fire to the town. Elizabeth is captured. Chapter 6: On the Black Pearl, she tells Captain Barbossa her last nameis Turner. She persuades the pirates to stop the attack on Port Royal in exchange for the medallion, but Barbossa keeps Elizabeth prisoner with a trick. Chapter 7: Will fails to persuade Norrington to help rescue Elizabeth, so he turns to Jack Sparrow. Jack agrees to go after the pirates with him, so Will frees him from his cell. They fool the sailors and sail away on the Interceptor.

SummaryPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is an adventure story set in the 17th century, an era when villainous pirates scavenged the Caribbean seas. Will Turner, an apprentice blacksmith, and Captain Jack Sparrow, a pirate himself, must fight a dangerous band of pirates, led by Captain Barbossa, who are trying to lift an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and death. Inorder to save Elizabeth Swann, the love of Will’s life, recapture the Black Pearl, and recover a lost treasure, they fight on the mysterious Isla de Muerta. Chapter 1: When new governor Swann and his daughter, Elizabeth, sail to Port Royal on the Dauntless, they see a shipwreck and its only survivor, a boy named Will Turner. Elizabeth discovers a gold medallion with a skull around his neck.Fearing he will be arrested as a pirate, she hides it under her dress. She also sees a big, black ship, which soon disappears. Chapter 2: Eight years later, Captain Norrington of the British Navy is promoted to Commodore. Elizabeth wears a new dress to his party. Will Turner delivers a fine sword that the governor will present Norrington with. Chapter 3: When Norrington proposes to Elizabeth, shefaints because her dress is too tight, and falls into the water. While trying to seize the Interceptor, pirate Captain Jack Sparrow sees Elizabeth fall into the bay and rescues her. He is promptly arrested for piracy, but uses Elizabeth to escape. Chapter 4: In a blacksmith’s store, Jack meets Will Turner, who is now a blacksmith’s apprentice and has learned how to use a sword skillfully. They fight.Jack is knocked unconscious and finally caught.

Chapter 8: On the Black Pearl, Elizabeth has dinner with Captain Barbossa. He can’t eat and talks about the medallion. He explains that it is Aztec gold, given to Cortés on his arrival in the Americas. When the pirates took the gold from the Isla de Muerta, they spent it but they were cursed: they are ghosts. The curse can only be lifted when allthe gold and pirate’s blood are returned to the island. Having retrieved the medallion and believing Elizabeth is the daughter of the late pirate Bill Turner, he is happy that their curse will end. She is taken to a cave. Chapter 9: Jack tells Will he knew his father, who was a good pirate. On the island of Tortuga, Jack meets Gibbs and tells him he is after Barbossa. Gibbs helps him recruit a crewof good sailors. While en route, Will learns the Black Pearl was formerly commanded by Sparrow but Barbossa staged a mutiny, took over the ship, and left Jack on an island with only his gun. But he escaped. Chapter 10: Jack and Will find Elizabeth in a cave. Barbossa wants her blood to end the curse but it does not work it is not Turner’s blood. Will rescues Elizabeth, who takes the medallionwith her. Chapter 11: On the Interceptor, Elizabeth gives Will the medallion back. He understands the pirates are after his blood. On the Black Pearl, Jack barters with Barbossa: Turner’s blood in exchange for his ship. The Black Pearl catches up with the Interceptor and after a short fight, Barbossa and his men take control over the other ship’s crew. Will threatens to kill himself unless...