3. Select one character and outline (through egs) how their personality’s revealed through dialogue, directions and other character’s reactions.

1. With particular focus on “The Tutorial Room” (act 2) [where Swain’s demons were summoned] discuss how non verbal elements such as set and direction convey the play’s key thematic concerns.
2. Analysis of scene one, act one: How does the opening scene?
   • Engage the audience
   • Introduce the play’s thematic concerns
   • Intro. the characters
   • Establish dramatic conflict.
3. Select one character and outline (through egs) how their personality’s revealed through dialogue, directions and other character’s reactions

→1. (Mines lame.) Throughout the Tutorial scene, the stage directions and setting add an extra depth to the play. During this scene Swain argues with Angela – saying that there is no such thing as human nature or demons in people’s heads. This argument is directly conflicted when Swain’s own demons appear and torment him – irony. The setting is in the university – where all of Swain’s power lies, here he loses his power, not once, but twice – one to Mellissa (when she rejects him) and once to Angela when she confronts him and, in turn, makes all of his points relatively baseless and flimsy. The second scene: Col’s Birthday. (THIS IS LAME) Through out the scene, Col is constantly referred to (through the stage directions) as passive and silent, even when he’s being insulted and abused by his family. This helps to (later) develop his character [when talking with Angela]

→2. a) The first scene of the play presents a scenario in which Shakespeare is shot by an unknown character. This instantly captures the audience’s attention through many means – first, a dead, historical figure materialises on stage, this in itself is quite strange. The second is that he is shot – leaving the audience to wonder, Why would anyone shoot Shakespeare.

b) In this scene it is made obvious that there is a definite conflict between the unknown character and Shakespeare. The unknown character is constructed as the antagonist as he shoots Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Angela are constructed as the protagonists. The major thematic concerns of the play aren’t yet introduced, but this scene sets up the basis of the conflict.

c) The characters in this scene are left severely undeveloped, yet we are still introduced to our 3 main figures of the play. Angela, Shakespeare and the shooter. The characters of Shakespeare and Angela are presented to the audience in a positive light, where as the shooter is not. That is really the extent of the opening scene

d) Look at (b). Reps liberal humanism vs. post structuralism. Swain vs. Shakes.

→3. I did this. But I think I threw ma sheet away.