1. STATUS

2. YOU CAN HAVE HIGH STATUS or LOW STATUS. … it is your relationship to the other characters that determines your status

3. Who would you say has a higher status? Why?

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27. STATUS IS RELATED TO WHO HAS MORE POWER more power = higher status

28. STATUS IN DRAMA DRAMA INTERESTS IT’S AUDIENCE WHEN A CHARACTER’S STATUS IS THREATENED OR CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE DRAMA. EXAMPLES – CINDERELLA – Poor girl becomes princess BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – Big brute turns cute through love of a good woman. ALADDIN – Poor pickpocket becomes sultan and defeats evil wizard with battered old lamp. HARRY POTTER – Bullied boy becomes powerful wizard on 11 th Birthday. Changing a character’s status generates tension.