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Script and Text Analysis I (THEA 1713)
Utah Valley University
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Given circumstances: ● As vital to the play as plot and character ○ Provides context What is the “here and now” of the action? ● Given circumstances influence characters, increase tensions, create complications and environment, and suggest the mise-en-scene 8 given circumstances: ● Time ● Place ● Society ● Economics ● Learning and the arts ● Spirituality Time: ● Time of composition: ○ Time the work was published ○ Example: A Raisin in the Sun: 1957 ● Time of the action ○ Time in which play’s action is set ● Dramatic time ○ Time that passes during the course of the action ○ Example: A Raisin in the Sun lasts a month and a half.
Place: ● General locale ○ Country, region, district ○ Listed on character page and in dialogue ○ A Raisin in the Sun: south side of Chicago ● Specific locale: ○ Particular place in which action takes place ○ Dialogue over scenery notes ○ Inference Society: ● Families: ○ Most basic social unit ○ Expectations are placed ○ Expectations confirmed, refuted, or tested ● Love and friendships: ○ Emotional and behavioral expectations ○ Confirm, refute, or tested ○ Can be outside family ● Occupation: ○ What characters do for a living ○ Interactions with others ○ Clues to character motives
● Formal religious features in the play ● Any belief in divine, spiritual, or supernatural powers (obeyed, worshipped, respected) What guides characters?
Given circumstances notes
Course: Script and Text Analysis I (THEA 1713)
University: Utah Valley University
