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PLAY ANALYSIS

I. GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

A. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS

1. Geographical location

2. Date, year, season, time of day

3. Economic environment

4. Political environment

5. Social environment

6. Religious environment

B. PREVIOUS ACTION

C. POLAR ATTITUDES OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

II. DIALOGUE

A. CHOICE OF WORDS

B. CHOICE OF PHRASES AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE

C. CHOICE OF IMAGES

D. CHOICE OF PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS (e.g. Dialects, etc.)

E. THE SOUND OF THE DIALOGUE

F. STRUCTURE OF LINES AND SPEECHES

III. DRAMATIC ACTION

A. INCITING INCIDENT

B. TITLES OF THE UNITS. NOMINATIVE PHRASE- Number the units in the scene or play and

give a nominative phrase as a title for each unit

C. DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE ACTION. Express the action in each line (speech) by

using the initials of each character followed by a present-tense verb (e.g., N pleads.)

D. SUMMARY OF THE ACTION- summarize the action of the unit with a compound sentence

expressing reciprocal action (e.g., A {present-tense verb} to B and B {present-tense

verb} to A)

IV. CHARACTERS

A. DESIRE

B. WILL

C. MORAL STANCE

D. DECORUM

E. SUMMARY LIST OF ADJECTIVES

V. IDEA

A. MEANING OF THE TITLE

B. ASSIGN A NOMINATIVE PHRASE THAT EXPRESSES THE IDEA OR SPINE OF THE PLAY

C. PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS IN THE PLAY: CITE ACTUAL QUOTATIONS

D. HOW DOES THE ACTIONS LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE IDEA (MEANING)?

VI. METAPHOR

A. ASSIGN A SPECIFIC METAPHOR TO THE PLAY

VII. DRAMATURGICAL RESEARCH*****

A. AUTHOR (BIO , INFLUENCES & STYLE)

B. PLAY (REVIEWS & PRODUCTIONS HISTORY)

C. PERIOD INFORMATION (SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, LITERARY, & ARTISTIC)

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