THE PARTS OF A PLAY
Theme and Mood
• Every play has to have some sort of theme throughout.
• Examples: good vs. evil, revenge, love and loss, etc.
• An overall mood should be felt throughout the play.
Parts of a Script
• Setting
• Character list/explanation
• Act
• Scene
• Cue
• Dialogue
• Lines
Parts of a play
• Exposition
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• Resolution
• Plot
• Simile/Metaphor/Foreshadowing
Characters:
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Narrator
Aristotelian Analysis
• Plot
• Character
• Thought (Theme)
• Diction (Language )
• Music (Anything you can hear)
• Spectacle (Anything you can see-costumes, set, props,
etc.)