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Reasons to Analyze a Play
Play Analysis: Outlines & Format
Play Analysis: Meaning of the Title
Play Analysis: Action Sentence
Play Analysis: Specific Action
Play Analysis: Basic Dramatic Question
Play Analysis: Themes
Play Analysis: Major Conflicts
Play Analysis: Minor Conflicts
Play Analysis: Inciting Incident
Play Analysis: Complications With Inciting Incidents
Play Analysis: Major Crisis
Play Analysis: Major Climax
Play Analysis: Form & Style
Play Analysis: Character Motivation
Play Analysis: Character Major Obstacle
Play Analysis: Character Traits
Play Analysis: Character Polar Attitudes
Play Analysis: Dialogue Purpose
Play Analysis: Dialects & Accents
Play Analysis: Text & Subtext
Play Analysis: Geographic Location & Climate
Play Analysis: Date, Year, Time & Season
Play Analysis: Economic, Political, & Social Environments
Play Analysis: Religious Environment
Play Analysis: Environmental Facts
Play Analysis: Environmental Emphasis
Play Analysis: Author & Past Production Research
Play Analysis: Proposed Directing Approach
Summary: Don't make assumptions about time and dates in a play. Learn how to get information about years, times, and seasons from specific statements when writing a play analysis in this free literature and theater video from a college professor.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"Alright. Now we're ready for capital letter B where we're going to talk about date, year, time of day and season. Again, go through the script. These are not assumptions. These are specific statements within the script about the year the season the time of day. For example, I have page two. Tab over, quotations "It began one Monday last month with Hester's visit." Ah, ok. One Monday last month. Now, there may be three. There may be thirty-three and it can vary from section to section here in the environmental factors. The important thing is, that you scour the whole script and find everything. If there's not but three, that's ok. If there's thirty-three, that's ok too."
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