MONOLOGUES
Monologue Character Analysis:
The First Day
Establish Character
Use “I am” to answer questions.
1. What is your character’s first, middle and last name?
2. How old are you?
3. What is your occupation?
4. To whom are you (the character) speaking?
5. List all of the people (including yourself) to whom you speak.
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6. What is your objective as indicated by the thoughts and feelings in this
monologue?
7. What do you want? Take your clues from the opening words.
8. What action are you doing before the first line?
9. What is your exact location?
10.
What are some things that you see in your location?
11. What is the time of day? Be specific.
12.
What is the story of your monologue in three (3) sentences?
a.
b.
c.
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13. How does the title of your monologue relate to you as the character?
14.
At the beginning of the monologue, how do you feel about the first day?
15. What and who do you see before you say the first line? Placing yourself in
the situation “as if” you were experiencing the events allows you to imagine
what you might see.
16. What do you hear?
17. What do you smell?
18. What do you taste?
19. Describe how you are dressed. Include:
a. colors:
b. shoes:
c. clothes:
d. accessories:
e. What props are you carrying?
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