SHOWS: 12th Night
2004-2006

Summary

200 Words Post (after reading each play):

Paragraph 1: Plot Summary -- Describe in one paragraph the storyline of the play. Be brief -- six or seven sentences maximum.

Paragraph 2: Theme (Meaning or premise) -- What is the playwright saying to us? What is the point of the story or plot? What comment is the writer making about society? Support your theme statement from an action, dialogue or scene from the play.

Paragraph 3: Form -- Is this a tragedy, comedy, melodrama, or tragicomedy? Tell why you believe it is a particular type of play by using examples from the play. Feel free to refer to definitions in texts to justify your selections.

Paragraph 4: Worth -- Discuss the play's universality. Will it withstand time?

Questions

Notes

Beckett
How to Write? Don't miss -- 2005 THR215 Dramatic Literature: new Williams Pages = The Glass Menagerie ("Seven Scenes").

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