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E/TH 301 Dramatic Lit
Analyzing a playRiders
to the Sea
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Remember that a Plot is:
The selection and arrangement of incidents on thestage
ALSO remember that the Playwright chooses how to
structure the story
The Seafarer
Tartuffe
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The next few slides will taey!" thr!"gh s!me !f the
pl!tstr"ct"res that we see indramatic literat"re# and willhelp y!"
t! differentiate$etween them
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[Climactic Structure ]
The Climax:
The major crisis; reversals; discoveries
Inciting Incident
The spar
Rising Actioncomplications
Denouement
!esolution
Falling Action
Exosition:
The bac!"stor#
Forces in
balanceReturn to
balance
Climactic Plot Structure$Fre#tag%s P#ramid
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&ther Asects o' the Climactic Structure
One storyline" one clima#"
one location
Small cast
Short period of time
$remember unity of time%place&
Typically used by Sophocles
and Ancient 'rees
Misery
Janeman
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%&T# there are !ther!pti!ns'
(limactic pl!tsare n!t the !nly!pti!n f!r a
playwright)
Doubt
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(ultiple storylines" subplots"
clima#es
Larger cast
Longer time span
(ultiple locations
)sed by Shaespeare and
many others* including*
Eisodic Structure
Merry
Wives of
Windsor
Henry IV: Part 1
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Examples !f epis!dicpl!ts
*any T+ sh!ws,m!st# really-
+ Game of Thrones
+ Lost+ Glee
*any m!.ies
+ Love Actually
+Avengers
And# !f c!"rse#many many plays
+ early all !f
haespeare
Thin !f epis!dic pl!ts as c!ntaining se.eral climactic pl!
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(irc"lar pl!ts
!metimes calledtatic pl!ts2 (haracters startand ret"rnt!/remain
in thesame sit"ati!ns)
The %ET example!f this is am"el%ecetts Waitingfor Godot Waiting
for Godot
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2!n pl!ts
*anyc!ntemp!raryplays mess
ar!"nd with all!f thesestr"ct"res#changing and
shifting them asplaywrights seefit)
Terminus
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The 4r!tag!nist
An!ther (5&(6AL step in analyzing a playis the
identificati!n !f the PROTAGONIST
6 need t! $e +E57 clear that a pr!tag!nistIS NOT defined as:
+ The 8g!!d g"y9+ The title character
Th!"gh either ,!r $!th- !f these thigs can$e tr"e# it is n!t the
DE:66T6; !fpr!tag!nist2in haespeares Othello# the
pr!tag!nist is 6ag!) 6ag! is ;T the titlecharacter# and is
DE(6DEDL7 the 8$ad g"y9in the play'+ 6nstead# 6ag! fits the
f!ll!wing definiti!n
which y!"
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Protagonist Antagonist
The person whose will
$objective&
drives the action of the play
The person who
opposes the will of
the protagonist
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!2
WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST in Riders
to the Sea?
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[Climactic Structure ]
The Climax:
The major crisis; reversals; discoveries
Inciting Incident
The spar
Rising Actioncomplications
Denouement
!esolution
Falling Action
Exosition:
The bac!"stor#
Forces in
balanceReturn to
balance
Climactic Plot Structure
