WorksheetsInto The Woods Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Define theme...
a song that recurs in the story with different words
a moral spoken at the end of the story
a message, a universal truth, revealed through the story
a description of the main characters
Define motif...
the design of the program that hints about the musical's content
a recurring image or device that helps to reveal the theme to the audience
when the theme of the musical is stated in the dialogue
the force that causes characters to make decisions
Who is the composer and lyricist of Into the Woods?
Stephen Sondheim
Robert Lopez
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Alan Menken
Choose one of the following motifs (or one of your own), and explain how it appears and what it represents in Into the Woods.
1. The Woods
2. Magic/Curses
3. Parents and Children
Describe how one fairy tale is "fractured" in this musical. What message do you think Sondheim was giving us with that fracture?
Write one theme from Into the Woods and describe what part of the story reveals that theme.
What is a story (book, TV show, movie, etc.) you might want to adapt next week when you learn script writing? Why this story?
Match the characters with what they wish for in Act I...
To go to the festival
The Baker and His Wife
A child
Cinderella
To be young and beautiful
The Witch
To save their pet cow
Jack
To see the world
Rapunzel
Which character song type is this?
Introduction
Realization
Transition
Decision
What is the director song type?
I want
I am
New and Unusual
What is the director song type? Explain your answer.
What is the character song type? Explain your answer.
