Play Analysis: Meaning of the Title

Video Transcript

"Alright. We're working on Roman Numeral One, idea. And, our A point the first thing that we're going to take a look at is the meaning of the title, if any. And, you might want to write these down as we go along. This would be for A, meaning title. And, you're going to have to do a little investigating. You've obviously read the play. You're starting to get a sense of what the play is about. Take a look at the title. Why could it be called what it is called? Now, sometimes a play will be titled something for no reason whatsoever. And, after you start doing a little bit of research reading the play a little bit of research about the author you'll be able to find out that there are no connections anywhere in the play to the title. And, if so you would write that out. But, ninety-five percent of the time there is going to be a meaning to the title. So, look through the dialogue. Look through the characters. Look at the overall concept of the play for the meaning of the title. And, in my opinion I think this is probably the hardest question in the whole play analysis. And, I usually save it for the very last after I've done all of the other research answered all of the other questions. Then, sometimes it becomes more obvious what the title means."