Theatre I Character Analysis

Character analysis clues comes from...

• The text
• There are no clues
• A secret decoder ring
• The director

Dual Role means...

• The Actor plays more than one part
• The Actor plays a split personality
• More than one actor plays the part
• The actor as the actor and the actor as the character

When analyzing your character you should come up with how many different characteristics?

• 10
• 100's
• 25
• 2 - one internal and one external

Artistic Selectivity means..

• Choosing which characteristics are most important to portray
• Painting a picture of your character
• Selecting the funniest characteristics 
• Only selecting dramatic roles

The more you know about your character...

• The harder it is to portray them
• The happier your director will be
• The more confused the audience will be
• The more textured your character will be.

A character's reason for doing or saying anything is called...

• An excuse
• motivation
• not necessary
• Direction

Motivation determines...

• Conflict
• Artistic selectivity
• Character's objectives
• Blocking

A character's objective is blocked by...

• Mountains
• The Curtain
• Another Character
• Anything that gets in the way of achieving that objective

The essence of conflict is

• Fighting
• Being right or wrong
• motivations & obstacles
• Soul

The basis of drama is...

• Good character analysis
• Conflict
• Plot
• Blocking