Defining the Play

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DEFINING THE PLAY

ANALYSIS


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DEFINING THE PLAY

Introduction :

The student begin his analysis of a play with

an extended definition.The students not only define whether it is a

tragedy or comedy, but rather the students

attempts delineate accurately the particular

world of this particular play


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DEFINING THE PLAY

It covers : describing the world of play the kind of play the physical world of the play

the central theme characters define plot sources style the outstanding features


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DEFINING THE PLAY

PLOT

It explains what actually happens in a general way

It also represents a brief synopsis of the major action of the drama

SOURCE

Here, the students should insert parenthetically or in apposition theplace where the play was probably discovered

STYLE

When we think of style, we must think about diction, the use oflanguage, patterns of imagery, rhetorical devices, emphasis and evenlogic

OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THE PLAY Whenever there is any aspect of play which is conspicuous in some

sense, it should be highlighted as part of the definition


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DRAMATIC STRUCTURE

Structure refers to the totalorganization of a literary work

Classical tragic structure consists of:

climax/turning point

rising action falling action

catastrophe


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RISING ACTION

It is entire the first part of the play inwhich the forces creating conflict.

It usually carries the hero through atseries of events which enlarge andintensify his conflict

The rising action usually consists of

incident in pairs, move andcountermove. The countermove producethe next move.


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CLIMAX / TURNING POINT

This the end of rising action for it is amajor point in the play

The other term for climax is turningpoint. Sometimes it is preceded bycrisis, which make the direction of theturn final.


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FALLING ACTION

It follows climax and usually presentthe ways which the hero is slowly

overpowered and becomes increasinglyhelpless


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CATASTROPHE

It is the main action of the play and it isoften a death, usually the death of the

hero (male) or heroine (female), or both


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PLOT(Scheme of Plot)

Climax/Turning Point

Rising Action

Inciting Force

Exposition/ Resolution/

Preliminary Situation Catastrophe


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PLOT

EXPOSITION / PRELIMINARY SITUATION It is important for the reader to grasp (memahami) the

initial situation to be to go on with the play

It includes: who are those people? Where are they? When

is it? Who is speaking to whom and about what? THE INCITING ACTION OR EXCITING FORCE OR

CHALLENGE It is the first part of exposition and it is dynamic

It contains a challenge, threat (ancaman) or danger to thecondition of the protagonist

They confront the main characters or protagonist with asituation that he will not accept without resistance


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PLOT

THE RISING ACTION It sometimes called the compilation

It ties the preliminary situation into a knot

It consists of actions taken by protagonist and by the forcesagainst him

THE CLIMAX OR TURNING POINT It is the event that determine how the conflict will end

favorable (baik) or unfavorable (tidak baik) for theprotagonist

THE DENOUNMENT/RESOLUTION/CATASTROPHE It present the outcome, dispose of subplots and gives a

glimpse of a new, stable situation


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CHARACTERS

The main character in a plot is calledprotagonist and the opponent is called

antagonist Active and Passive Character

Active : they perform act, they havelarge parts in the play, they are dynamic

Passive : they acted upon by the eventsof play, it is usually static or unchanging


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Method of Character Presentation

DISCURSIVE METHOD

The way how the play describe the character by theauthors words

DRAMATIC METHOD

The way how the play describe the personality of thecharacter from dialogues

CONTEXTUAL METHODThe readers know the personality of the characterfrom another character. Its sometimes subjectively


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