Ruined Script Analysis
SCRIPT ANALYSIS
ASSIGNMENT
Each student must complete the analysis based on the play read by the class, and finally as a part of the final project for the course. It is allowed and preferred that the assignment be completed in the outline form provided. It will be appropriate to list some responses, where as others will require a more developed answer.
It is important to understand that some aspects will be provided by the playwright. Other areas of analysis will be created by you using the dialogue of the play to support and justify your choices.
CONTENT
1) EXPOSITION/GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
a) Time (specific year, season, time of day etc.)
b) Place (geographical and specific)
c) Atmosphere and Environment – list specific information given by the playwright about the world of the play and cite page numbers (at least five).
d) Socioeconomic status of the main characters
e) Important cultural factors (at least three)
f) Spirituality /Religion (present or absent)
If present - discuss specifically where it is included in the script and how it effects the environment and/or characters the relationships between them (minimum three sentences)
If absent – discuss what might be inferred or explain why you feel the playwright chose to avoid this with the play (minimum three sentences)
g) Previous Action - What has occurred prior to the beginning of the play that has brought us to the point where the dramatic action begins?
How and when does the playwright give us the background story?
Cite the pages and list what information is given.
2) DRAMATIC ACTION
Remember, plot is character in action. We describe a story by using what the characters do.
“An event is anything that happens. When one event causes or permits another event, the two events together [make up] an action. Actions are a play’s primary building blocks”. - David Ball)
a) What are the actions/events that make up the story?
ASSIGNMENT
Each student must complete the analysis based on the play read by the class, and finally as a part of the final project for the course. It is allowed and preferred that the assignment be completed in the outline form provided. It will be appropriate to list some responses, where as others will require a more developed answer.
It is important to understand that some aspects will be provided by the playwright. Other areas of analysis will be created by you using the dialogue of the play to support and justify your choices.
CONTENT
1) EXPOSITION/GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
a) Time (specific year, season, time of day etc.)
b) Place (geographical and specific)
c) Atmosphere and Environment – list specific information given by the playwright about the world of the play and cite page numbers (at least five).
d) Socioeconomic status of the main characters
e) Important cultural factors (at least three)
f) Spirituality /Religion (present or absent)
If present - discuss specifically where it is included in the script and how it effects the environment and/or characters the relationships between them (minimum three sentences)
If absent – discuss what might be inferred or explain why you feel the playwright chose to avoid this with the play (minimum three sentences)
g) Previous Action - What has occurred prior to the beginning of the play that has brought us to the point where the dramatic action begins?
How and when does the playwright give us the background story?
Cite the pages and list what information is given.
2) DRAMATIC ACTION
Remember, plot is character in action. We describe a story by using what the characters do.
“An event is anything that happens. When one event causes or permits another event, the two events together [make up] an action. Actions are a play’s primary building blocks”. - David Ball)
a) What are the actions/events that make up the story?