The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, writing homework help

you have to watch this video

after that Writing the Statement and

analysis

Include a brief thematic summary (but not a plot summary) of the play, and support that

summary with concrete evidence fro

m

what you saw.

You can include this summary in the introduction; or, if you wish to expand the summary, include

it in a separate paragraph following the introduction.

i)

Goethe’s formula for play analysis

–

Ask yourself these questions about the play.

(1)

What is the

artist

(s

) trying

to do?

(playwright/ actors/ director/ set, lights, costume)

(2)

How well has the artist

(s)

achieved the goal?

(3)

Is the work worth doing?

ii)

Aristotle’s elements

–

see pages 89 to 92 for detailed questions. Only use the questions

that seem to matt

er for this play.

(1)

Plot

–

Did it have a solid plot? Was it consistent? Did it make sense?

(2)

Character

–

Who are the main characters? Was the writing and acting truthful and

consistent?

(3)

Thought

–

What did the play mean? (not a summary of what happened)

(4)

Dicti

on

–

language use that adds to the meaning.

(5)

Spectacle

–

set, lights, sound, costumes

, props

–

what did they add to the production?

(6)

Song

–

how was music used to

affect

the play (or was it used?)