Dramatic Tension and Social Justice · Speaking & Listening

Conflict and Character in Drama

Analyzing how dialogue and stage directions reveal character motivations and tension.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do subtexts in dialogue communicate things that characters are afraid to say?
  2. 2What role does the setting play in escalating the central conflict of a play?
  3. 3How does a character's tragic flaw contribute to the inevitable downfall in a drama?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Dramatic Tension and Social Justice
Period: Speaking & Listening

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