Diviners Characters

Diviners Characters

Overview:

Plays have characters and The Diviners is no exception. Performers and audience members should have an understanding of how a character is developed. What are the pieces to the puzzle that help us to perform or just sit back and enjoy the work of a vested performer? Join us on this eBook adventure as we explore Diviners Characters.

The Play:

• Where it begins for the majority of theatrical productions
• The only part of theatrical production that remains long after the show closes
• Provides the details for production or for audience processing

A play may serve as the core material for a variety of productions that vary in stylistic choices by cast and crew. 

This picture is for comparison and highlights how two end products can be so different using the same script.

What are the key difference between reading a play and various other forms of literary works?

• A reader must see the performance in his/her head
• A reader must extrapolate pieces of the puzzle from a variety of parts of the play.
  • Stage Directions
  • Dialogue
  • Character Interaction
  • Everything that is not said or stated

What is Character?

• Everything that separates or distinguishes one character from all others in the play

Characterization Into Fours

• Physical/Biological – gender, age, size, race, appearance
• Societal – economic status, religion, relationships
• Psychological – responses of habit, desires and motivated responses/actions
• Moral – what influences choices and thoughts

Ways that Character is Revealed

• What the character says
• What the character does
• What others say about the character
• The stage directions in the play

Apps for Character Development

The next three pages contain apps that may assist you as you work to create your character analysis. Try each one to see which one suits you best.

Please explore Character Prompts and decide if it is for you.

Please explore Character Creator to see if it works for your purposes.

Assignment:

Using one of the apps to help you solve the following question:

• Create a character for yourself (how you really are). How is your character revealed through the Four Ways a Character is Revealed?
• Create an ebook using at least four slides depicting four ways your character is revealed.
• Share your ebook link on our Google Group page BernheimDiviners
• Submission is due in five school days uploaded by midnight MST using today as Day 1.
  

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