Describe a key conflict in a play and how it corresponds to a character’s development.

Discussion 2

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                 Prepare: In order to complete this discussion, you will need to read Sharon E. Cooper’s Mistaken Identity: A Ten Minute Play from Chapter 14 of Journey into Literature.(See attached file Mistaken Identity)

            Reflect: In the “Tragedy” discussion this week, you explored the function of conflict in a tragedy and how the conflict is enhanced by certain literary elements and techniques. In this discussion activity, you will focus on comedy.Reflect on Mistaken Identity: A Ten Minute Play. This is a modern comedy that centers on the quest for love and understanding. Consider whether/how the function of the conflict in this play and the way the literary elements and techniques enhance the conflict is different from what we studied in Macbeth.

           

Write: The initial post must be 200 to 300words in length In your initial post:

Identify a conflict that you see present in Mistaken Identity: A Ten Minute Play (See attached file ENG125 – Types of Conflicts Found in Literature)

 

Respond to oneof the following, providing examples or quotations from the play to illustrate your ideas:

1.     Describe a key conflict in the play and how it corresponds to a character’s development.  If you chose this one (See attached file ENG125 – Types of Conflicts Found in Literature)

2.     Describe two key literary techniques and elements and techniques of drama that aid in developing the conflict. (if you chose this one see attached file Literary techniques)

3.     Explain how and why the conflict in this comedy is different from and/or similar to the conflict explored in tragedy.