Character Objectives- Internal progressions of the character's goals.

Character Actions- To express action, active (transitive) verbs are used because thy
convey aggrssive forcing rather than passive (intransitive) reciving.
Character Conflict- Conflict of Objectives- the opposing objectives of other characters
that stand in the way of the main character fulfilling their desires.
Role Conflicts- self-image conflict
Will-Power- A strong wish of firm intention a power of choosing, a determination to do,
and an inner force used to undertake conscious purposeful action.
Values- The moral and ethical principles that the characters stand for or against in the
world of the play intangibles that form their opinions about good and bad, right and
wrong.
Complexity- Self-knowledge.
Relationships- The focal point of dramatic interest in a play is the conflict between the
main character and his/her cheif opponent.
Analytical Reading- Analytical reading is a slow, methodical analysis of the play.
Respect for Words- The ability to understand the many meanings of words nad the
dramatic force that may be wxpressed by them.
Logical Thinking- A process of clearly moving from on related thought to another
through a close reading of the play.
Literal-Mindedness- An error of evaluating everything in the play on the basis of its
literal resemblance to real life.
Secondhand Thinking- Relying too much on other people's opinions, especially when
dealing with difficult material.
Thinking Eventfully- The easiest and most accessible way to come to terms with a play
is through the events in the plot
Chain of Events- The chain of events begins with a list of the most important events in
their original order.
Non-Realistic Plays (NRP)- The events appear to be much more insignificant.
Reviewing the Facts- Coming to terms with the reasons and the motives behind the
facts and events of the play.
NRP- Sometimes make less sense than realistic plays.
Seed- An analytical concept which provides a concise vision of the play.
NRP- The same as realistic plays.
Three Major Climaxes- A process that helps to give the play a sense of a forward
motion. A climax is an event of highest dramatic tension, a major turning point in the
action.
1st- dramatized the overall goal of the main character
2nd- shows the hardships encountered by the main character in pursuit of their goal
3rd- enacts how the main character comes to terms with the play's particular reality
NRP- Not always structured beginnig, middle, end. Sometimes there is no closure
Theme- The play's response to or what it shows about the seed.
NRP- The same as realistic plays.
Given Circumstances- he specific conditions in which the action of they play occurs.
They put the audience in the "here and now" of the action. Without given circumstances,
characters would exist in an abstract never-never land without any connection to life as
we undrstand it.
Time- Time of Composition- the time of the play's writing
Time of Action- the time in which the action of the play is set
Dramatic Time- time that passes during the course of the action
Place- The physical environment.
General Locale- the country, region, or district in which the action is set.
Specific Locale- particular place in which the stage action occurs.
Society- The closed social system of the play, which influences the characters' thinking
and behavior.
Families- most basic social group
Friendship- sympathetic social bonds outside of family
Love- not just romantic love
Occupation- what characters do to earn a living and their interactions with others having
the same or different occupations
Social Rank- a character's position or standing in society
Social Standards- the codes of conduct and shared beliefs regaurded as necessary by
the characters and to which they are expected to conform.
Background Story- Playwrights employ a unique kind of narration to reveal the past
while the stage action contiues to advance.
Progressions- The impression that things are moving and getting somewhere, not just
chronologically but psychologically.
Beats- the smallest dramatic progression
Units- beats that work with one another in the development of larger progressions
Formal Scene and French Scene- a collection of units marked by a change of time or
place and its units are related in such a ways that they form a tiny play in themselves
Act- the largest progression in a play comprised of formal or french scenes
Digressions- something that departs from the main subject
Structure- The arrangement of the parts of the plot and their relationship to each other
and to the whole play.
Point of Attack- the moment when the play begins in relation to the timeline of the
background story at one end and the end of the play at the other.
Primary Event- the most important incident in the background story, one that energizes
the characters that it produces in them the conditions necessary for the play to take
place.
Inciting Action- the single even in the play that sparks the main action or conflict
Conflicts- incompatibility or interference as of one idea, desire, event or activity with
another.
Climaxes- a prominent peak of emotional intensity that produces a significant change in
the behavior of the characters.
Recognition- a change from ignorance to knowledge on the part of a character.
Reversal- drastic change of fortune
Catastrophe- intense emotion that distinguishes the third major climax are the result of
feelings generated by a combination of recognition and reversal either with or without a
catastrophe/ event of suffering.
Simple Plot- Plays without recognition and reversal.
Complex Plot- Plays with recognition and reversal.
Resolution- Comprises all the events following the main climax.
NRP- More vauge structure due to less background story

Character Objectives- Internal progressions of the character's goals.

Character Actions- To express action, active (transitive) verbs are used because thy
convey aggrssive forcing rather than passive (intransitive) reciving.

Character Conflict- Conflict of Objectives- the opposing objectives of other characters

that stand in the way of the main character fulfilling their desires.
Role Conflicts- self-image conflict

Values- The moral and ethical principles that the characters stand for or against in the
world of the play intangibles that form their opinions about good and bad, right and
wrong.
Relationships- The focal point of dramatic interest in a play is the conflict between the
main character and his/her cheif opponent.