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LESSON 1

Trifles - One act play by Susan Glaspell

One act play - is composed of one act that contains all the elements of a story

Characters

- Ms. Wright

- Mr. Wright

- Mrs. Peter

- Mrs. Hale

- henry peters (Sherriff)

- George Henderson (County attorney)

Summary

- is a psychoanalytical one act play written by Susan Glaspell 

- first Performed 1916

- revolves around a murder trial

- investigators are in the kitchen

Conflict

- Death of Mr. playwright

- Mrs. Wright killed him

ELEMENTS OF PLOT

EXPOSITION

RISING ACTION

CLIMAX

FALLING ACTION

CONCLUSION / DENOUMENT 

Exposition

- Introduction of character

- Where the story starts

Rising action

- Start of conflict

- series of problems and conflict leading to the climax

Climax

- Most emotion

- the turning point

- Most intense moment

Falling action

- All the event that follow the climax

Conclusion

- Ending

- Tying together the threads

ELEMENTS OF A PLAY

CHARACTERS

- is a person or animal who takes part in the action of the story

- is based on authors physical description

- Described from Thoughts, Dialogue and Actions

THEME

- meaning behind characters action and events in a story

- central idea, message or purpose in a story

- Not plot summary

- Can give the message indirect or directly based on author

SETTING

- Where the play takes place

- description is detailed to give a strong sense of setting

CONFLICT

- Problems the character encounters

- conflict is struggle between two people or things

- Main character is on one side of the conflict

EXTERNAL CONFLICT - conflict within nature or others

INTERNAL CONFLICT - Conflict within themselves

TYPES OF CONFLICT

- Man vs man

- Man vs nature

- Man vs society

- Man vs Himself

STAGE DIRECTION

- Instructions on how the person will move or go.

- How the person imagines how the play will go or be enacted

- Usually uses brackets or parenthesis and bold letters

Director makes a pre planned positioning called blocking

DIALOGUE

- Words spoken by character

- Should be appropriate for characters and setting

FAULTY LOGIC IN ARGUMENTS

- Based on false cause or inaccurate references

TYPES OF FAULTY LOGIC

CIRCULAR REASONING - Restating the argument over an over.

EX. The new law is very helpful because it gives the poor a helping hand.

FALLACY - Imposes two options

EX. Either buy fabric softener or become lonely

OVERSIMPLIFICATION - Illogically reducing a situation or idea

EX. if you sing a love song you will win election

OVERGENERILIZATION - Broad conclusion based of limited facts

EX. Uses words like ALL, EVERYONE, ETC.

STEREOTYPING - Judging based of Gender, Race or Group.

EX. Politicians are corrupt

NAME CALLING - Insulting the person, Pure insults.

EX. you're such a moron!

EVADING THE ISSUE - Argument far from the issue

EX. I am not kind but because I am an athlete I can do this.

NON SEQUITUR - statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement

EX. Banning nukes makes USA weaker

FALSE CAUALITY - Assumption that an event happened because another event before caused it

EX. John made the shot because he goes to church now

SELF CONTRADICTION -  saying two things that cannot

 both be correct

EX. I don't have any pets, but I've always had a dog.

AD HOMINEM - Attacking the person. Gives bad reputation.

EX. you can't possibly know anything about politics because you're just a bartender

GERUNDS - -Ing form of verbs.

LESSON 2

EDWARD ALBEE

- One of the pillars of American drama

- His works are different from typical plays

- Zoo story, The sandbox, The American dream. are his greatest works

THE SANDBOX

- One act play

- Short, absurdist

- critiques the emptiness of an American family

- revolves around a grandma placed in a sandbox by her family

CHARACTERS

- MOM

- DAD

- GRANDMA

- YOUNG MAN

- MUSICIAN

SETTING

- Takes place in a sandbox

- emphasizes detachment and isolation

THEMES

- Neglect for the elderly

- Death and acceptance

- Absurdism and Meaninglessness

SYMBOLISIM

- SANDBOX

- DEATH

THEATRE OF THE ABSURD - Focuses on the absurdity of the human existence. Irrational situations without logical solutions

MODE OF REASONING - Understanding someone's argument

INDUCTIVE REASONING

- Specific ideas with general idea

- Most likely not true.

- broad generalization

EX.

every Swan I have seen is white.

Therefore all swans are white.

- Isn't certain since it there are black swans too

DEDUCTIVE REASONING

- General idea with specific ideas

- Gives general question

- results in a specific answer

EX.

All mammals have a backbone. (General)

A dog is a mammal. (Specific)

Therefore, a dog has a backbone. (Conclusion)

SYLLOGISM - 

- is a form of deductive reasoning where a conclusion is drawn from two premises.

- If both premises are true and the reasoning is valid, the conclusion must also be true.

- Contains minor, major premise.

- then conclusion

USING PARTICIPLES - ADVERB OR ADJECTIVE uses -ed and -Ing

comes in three forms

- present

- past

- Perfect

PAST PARTICIPLE

- Uses -ed

EX. He played outside

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

- Uses -Ing

EX. He is doing his work

PERFECT PARTICIPLE

- having" + past participle

EX. Having finished his work, he went to bed.