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Backwards and Forwards: Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n PLOT<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stasis- <\/em>What would keep happening if something new didn't come along and cause something new to happen?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Point of Attack – <\/em>the place where the play starts and why it specifically starts there<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exposition<\/em> – When\/Where is it delivered and by whom?\u00a0 Who know what & who doesn't?<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 "Triggers & Heaps" (series of actions)<\/em> – Dominoes.\u00a0 What Actions lead to a following action, \u00a0which in turn leads to yet another action?<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Forwards<\/em> – Arouses audience interest in things yet to come.<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Opposing Forces<\/em> – Identify the forces attempting to dominate in the world of the play<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conflict<\/em> – The want of the major character\/s VS.<\/strong> the obstacle\/s<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Climax<\/em> – The moment when the opposing forces reach their critical mass and a resolution is formed.\u00a0 The reversal.<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Denouement <\/em>– The final unraveling or solution to the plot<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Stasis<\/em> – Where does the world end up?\u00a0 Where does the movement stop until the next intrusion comes along?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CHARACTER<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Character(s) Motivation – <\/em>What do they want in a big bad way?\u00a0 Their desire<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Obstacles – <\/em>What opposes the motivation?\u00a0 What are they – actions, choices, circumstances, or what?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Action\/What? – <\/em>What the characters does or is willing to do to satisfy the want<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Action\/Why? – <\/em>Why the character chooses these actions?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Avowed Action\/Why? vs. True Action\/Why? – <\/em>Why does the character SAY<\/strong> he does an action compared to the truth un why he does an action.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dominant Images <\/em>\u00a0– Images\/motifs in the play that underscore or augment the play's action<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Repeated Images<\/em> – Images that reappear throughout the course of the play<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Images in the Title<\/em> – Is there a dominant image in the Title? What is its importance?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n THINGS THEATRICAL<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What elicits a strong audience response?<\/p>\n THEME<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interpret the author's potential messages – what issues is the author exploring<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What are the abstract concepts which part of all of the play is "about?"<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n OTHER THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Background information on the playwright, era, and artistic environment of when the play was written<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assume what's in a script is there on purpose<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Explore the family relationships in the script (customs, politics, laws, tastes, styles . . . )<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What makes the play unique?\u00a0 Why does the action occur on that specific day and time as opposed to the next day or the previous day?<\/p>\n \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It takes more than one reading to get it all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Backwards and Forwards: Notes \u00a0 PLOT \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stasis- What would keep happening if something new didn't come along and cause something new to happen? \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Point of Attack – the place where the play starts and why it specifically starts there \u00a8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exposition – When\/Where is it delivered and by whom?\u00a0 Who know what & … Continue reading Ball Notes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/script_analysis_2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}