Answer all of the following questions for Journal #3. Even if you “don’t know” the answer because your character is not in the play enough to have set answers, you must answer them anyway. Make your best guess based on what is in the text. Part of portraying a character is making choices.
Think about the character and make choices.
1. List 7 important examples of your character’s personal given circumstances? (7 sentences)
2. List 5 important aspects of the relationship between your character and the character they are speaking to?
3. How do they know each other, what is their relationship, is status important, etc? Do not repeat given circumstances from above. (7 sentences)
4. What do they want from the character they are speaking to. Be specific. (3 sentences)
5. Why do they want it? Cite examples from the play. (7 sentences)
6. What will happen to your character if they do not get what they want from the character they are speaking to? ( 5 sentences)
7. What are five tactics/verbs that you character uses? ( 5 words)
8. Why do they use those tactics as opposed to others? example why do they threaten instead of plead? (5 sentences)
9. How do you think your character sees themselves? What do they think of themselves? (10 sentences)
What are they afraid of? (3 sentences)
10. How do they protect themselves? (3 sentences)
11. What makes them happy? (3 sentences)
12. In what ways are you similar to your character and in what ways are you different. (10 sentences)
13. Attach a photo of your what your character might look like to you. I do not care about age, race, gender, for the image. Maybe it is what they are wearing? Maybe it is how they are standing? Maybe it is an actor you could imagine playing the role in a movie?