1. Discuss your “gut response” to the play. You can start with whether you liked it or not, but remember that tells us more about you than the play. Move quickly to what stood out to you, what themes you felt were percolating, what surprised you, etc.
Write your answer here (3-4 sentences):
2. Based on what we learned in The Basics and Styles Lecture Videos, select ONE genre and ONE style that best fit the play. (No need to explain – you can debate in the comments!)
a. Genre – choose from Tragedy, Drama, Melodrama, Comedy, or Tragicomedy:
b. Style – choose from Classicism, Romanticism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Absurdism, Realism, Selective Realism, or Theatricalism:
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3. Write out the Conflict Statement for the play. Use the exact phrasing “The conflict is between [protagonist] who wants [super-objective] and [antagonist] who wants [super-objective].”
Remember: The protagonist must be an actual character, but the antagonist can be an idea or another side of the protagonist. Just be sure that the what the protagonist and antagonist want are in opposition!
Write your answer here (use phrasing above):
4. Write 2-3 phrases about what we learn in the Exposition about the Status Quo at the start of the play.
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