Play Analysis: Dialects & Accents

Video Transcript

"Now, capital B under the dialogue section is where we have dialects slash accents. And, this is where we're going to talk about does the play do the characters in the play have dialects or accents. Now, in the particular play that I'm using as an example they do. All of the characters, except for one speak in a British dialect. And, in a lot of plays you'll have characters every play the characters will have a dialect even if it's just standard American dialect. But, you want to talk about the different dialects. Most of the characters speak in a British dialect. What kind of British dialect is it? Standard British? Is it Liverpool? Is it Cockney? What is it? And, there are a lot of plays that where you can even see in the style of writing that the dialect is written right in. So, in this section this is where you're going to talk about what dialects the characters use and how integral it is to the purpose of the play."