DRAM 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Johnny Depp, Hamartia, Gutenberg Bible
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Internal approach - identifying as closely as possible with the character being player. External approach - conscious choices about how language is spoken, physical details and how emotions are expressed. Analysis on greek theatre value and success. Reversal where we believe there should be recognition, but there is not. Character defined by their actions, their motives, their words, and their reactions and responses to other characters. Character without plot, but plot without character. All my sons, rising action occurs because expository is revealed. Defines characters and gives them authenticity and credibility can help define time, place and character history appeals to the audience"s imagination. Formal showcase of the storytelling art form. An artistic, performative means of satisfying the instinctual human need to understand and explain the world around us. Creates a character with his/her own boundaries, separate from the actor"s own person.
