The-Complete-Works-of-William-Shakespeare-writing-homework-help
you have to watch this video
after that Writing the Statement and
analysis
Include a brief thematic summary (but not a plot summary) of the play, and support that
summary with concrete evidence fro
m
what you saw.
You can include this summary in the introduction; or, if you wish to expand the summary, include
it in a separate paragraph following the introduction.
i)
Goethe’s formula for play analysis
–
Ask yourself these questions about the play.
(1)
What is the
artist
(s
) trying
to do?
(playwright/ actors/ director/ set, lights, costume)
(2)
How well has the artist
(s)
achieved the goal?
(3)
Is the work worth doing?
ii)
Aristotle’s elements
–
see pages 89 to 92 for detailed questions. Only use the questions
that seem to matt
er for this play.
(1)
Plot
–
Did it have a solid plot? Was it consistent? Did it make sense?
(2)
Character
–
Who are the main characters? Was the writing and acting truthful and
consistent?
(3)
Thought
–
What did the play mean? (not a summary of what happened)
(4)
Dicti
on
–
language use that adds to the meaning.
(5)
Spectacle
–
set, lights, sound, costumes
, props
–
what did they add to the production?
(6)
Song
–
how was music used to
affect
the play (or was it used?)