How to Analyze Drama |
Contents
one HISTORY OF THE DRAMA | 5 |
two DEFINING THE PLAY | 16 |
three DRAMATIC STRUCTURE | 27 |
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acter analyze Antigone aspects of analysis audience expects basic becomes begin Cassio catastrophe Cato central char characters speak climax comedy consider conventional Coriolanus Creon criticism defining definition Desdemona despair devices of characterization dialogue discussed domestic tragedy drama dramatist effect Elizabethan evaluation example explain falling action father Faustus figurative language final formal Greek tragedy Haimon Hardcastle heroic heroic drama humor Iago Ibsen's Iceman Cometh ideas imagery intentions interpretation irony jealousy kind of play kinds of language logical lover major characters Malaprop Marlow Marlowe's meaning Milton's mistaken identity moral morality plays motivation O'Neill O'Neill's Othello pipedreams play's playwright plot Polyneices Portius present pride Pyramus Quince rising action Salesman Samson Samson Agonistes sense Shakespeare's simile soliloquies someone Sophocles speech Stoops to Conquer structure student style Synge's theme Thisby throughout the play tion tragic hero understanding usually various Willy Loman Willy's words York