THEA 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Main Plot
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Subject- playwright must decide what aspect of human existence to write about focus on emphasis: who and what to focus on. Main characters; how we view them; favorably or unfavorably. Greek drama and myth; dealing with characters who already exist. Dramatic purpose- playwright must determine the purpose of a play. It can be casual or unconscious or conscious and deliberate but every theatre event is intended to serve some purpose. It is possible for a play to serve more than one purpose. Structure in drama- every work of art must have some type of structure. Like architecture, a play must have some type of structure or it falls apart. Different plays require different types of structure or framework for the dramatic action. Plot- the arrangement of events or the selection and order of scenes in a play. Usually based on a story: a full account or an event or series of events usually in chronological order.
