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| Dramatization/"The Action" |
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| What's shown- more important than what's talked about |
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| What's revealed only in dialogue- more important than what's talked about |
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| Opinions for which the action is an illustration |
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| EVENTS which make the actions change |
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| each plot has its own actions and turning points- what do the plots have in common |
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| the most important part of any script |
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| Every play has its own society, morality, psychology, and aesthetic reality. |
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| Ideas running through the play- in scenes not necessary to the story of the play |
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| Includes recurrent images- anything repeated, but is not part of the story of the play |
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| How the order of information is revealed affecting the meaning of things |
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| Compare scenes, images, events, any two things that follow each other |
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| Similar situations, relationships or characters |
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| Contrast with another character- differences embody themes |
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| Function is to speak common sense wisdom |
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| Function is to give perspectives- on other characters or ideas, events |
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| What characters are thinking as opposed to saying |
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| What does it tell you? Assume it's not random |
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| Distortion to show subjective feelings |
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| Irony resulting from the audience knowing more than the characters |
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| When an action hits an obstacle, when a character wants something but can't get it |
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| a main character pursues a goal to an outcome |
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| episodes are chronological but not casually connected; each episode is self-contained |
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Inciting incident- event that causes the main character to take action
Progressive complications- events that prevent the main character from achieving his/her goal
The crisis- most important decision in the play, reveals character
The story climax- final, decisive confrontation
The resolution- outcome event resulting from the climax |
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| True nature, doesn't change, is revealed, collection of potentials: what a character would or would not do in given circumstances |
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| The change in perspective undergone by the character |
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| Type of play based on desired audience reaction |
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| serious, arouses pity and fear, downfall of a protagonist is result of his/her own actions, triumph of a larger cosmic order |
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| serious, arouses pity and fear, three dimensional character, characters more important than plot |
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| characters less 3-D, clearly defined villains and heroes, situations arouse pity and fear |
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| Action/adventure, Mystery, westerns, sci-fi, horror, crime, tearjerkers, soap operas |
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| light in tone, less serious, happy endings, intended to amuse |
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| romances, satire, tragicomedy, black comedy |
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| unserious, 2-D characters, plot dominates character, situations are ludicrous, spoofs |
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