ELEMENTS OF DRAMA LESSON 3 CO-RELATION OF CHARACTER AND PLOT

CHARACTER AND PLOT STRUCTURE NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. CHARACTER AND PLOT STRUCTURE Characters are vital tools within a story that drives the plot which is centered around conflict. These two elements are interwoven, as particular characters play a significant part in the structural components of plot. For example, in the play Girl in da Hoodie, we note that the character Mrs. Riding-Hood is essential to the exposition or beginning action of the plot

Mrs. Riding-Hood EXPOSITION NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. Mrs. Riding-Hood EXPOSITION

NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. Characters therefore contribute to the structure of plot as it relates to the five parts of Freytag’s pyramid/triangle.

CHARACTER AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT

In drama character’s action advance or move along the plot or events in the story It is important to understand that not all character’s purpose within drama serves, to advance the plot. Major character are vital to the development and resolution of the conflict however the exclusion of certain characters may not necessarily disrupt the main idea or telling of the story. E.g. Hoodie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

CHARACTER TYPE VS PLOT ADVANCEMENT Common misconception Character type is of no relevance to the development of plot. A character may be static or does not change over time (flat) but can be very pertinent to the development of the plot. Also a character may be dynamic and/or round (complex personality or contradictory person) and is of little to no consequence to the advancement of plot E.g.-The woodcutter in the play is a dynamic character in that he is a contradictory individual, however he Is not vital to the plot development and serves more for the purpose of comic relief THE WOODCUTTER

Activity 1 Attach the parts that comprise Freytag's Triangle on to the diagram presented. Attach pictures of the characters from the play Girl in da Hoodie to the relevant contributory part of the plot structure in the diagram.

Activity1.2 Visit website and create image of character from the story Girl in da Hoodie. Print character and attach in Journal. CLICK HERE

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