1. Diary of Anne Frank Play

2. Theme and Symbol
Theme:
Symbol:

3. Themes and Symbols
Make a chart:
Symbol
What the Symbol Represents

4. Elements of Drama
Drama: Literary composition involving conflict, a crisis and atmosphere designed to be acted by players on a stage before an audience.
Tragedy - involves the ruin of the leading characters.
Comedy-is lighter drama in which the leading characters overcome the difficulties which temporarily beset them

5. Drama vs. Literature
The story is told completely through the words - called dialogue - and the actions of the characters.
Main Character = protagonist
“Villain” - antagonist
Characters can be flat or round.

6. Elements of Drama
Crisis - people in the play are in jeopardy: life, love, happiness, belief in self, anything that is precious to them is at stake.

7. Elements of Drama
The crisis may arise because the characters want something which puts them in conflict with someone else or with themselves.

8. Elements of Drama
Most plays are about change, changes in the characters and changes in relationships. These changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts.

9. Elements of Drama
Dramatic Irony - the audience knows what the characters onstage do not know - their future.