Play Analysis: Specific Action

Video Transcript

"Alright. Now, we're ready for capital letter C specific action. Now, you might want to do letter C before you do letter B. Because, specific action is where we're going to talk about what happens in the play the action of the play from beginning to end. Now, this is not going to be pages and pages. But, you get a little bit more running room than the one sentence that I told you you could do in the last clip. This can be about a paragraph, five-six sentences where in action sentences action statements you tell me what happens in the play. If I was doing a play analysis on Equus, I would say Alan Strang has blinded six horses. He has been placed in a mental institution, under the care of Dr. Dysart. Dr. Dysart is not only struggling with his new patient and why he could commit such a horrible crime. But, struggling with his own resolve in life. Very simple statements about what happens throughout the course of the play."