Character analysis
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Write a character analysis in 1st person for all your answers. For example Who? I’m Cynthia Renoso. I’m 36yrs old. I’m a teacher.
Answer these questions:
WHO?: Come up with as many things as you can about your character so that your character starts to become a real person with a history.
WHERE?: Where is this scene taking place, e.g., I’m in Bronx, NYC, I’m at a funeral home, I’m in my living room, etc.
WHEN?: What year, month, day, time of day is this scene taking place.
WHY?: Why are we watching this scene? Tell about the GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES, e.g.; I want a divorce, I want my mom to let me move out, my best friend betrayed me, etc.
WHAT?: What do you want? This is your objective? Also, what is getting in the way of getting what you want? This is your obstacle.
HOW?: What do you do to get what you want? These are your actions, e.g.; To threaten, to command, to inform, to flatter, etc. The more the better!
This is the monologue
Comedic Monologue
Do you know what I intended?” Lucy Van Pelt from ‘You are A Good Man, Charlie Brown
“Do you know what I intend? I intend to be a queen. When I grow up I’m going to be the biggest queen there ever was, and I’ll live in a big palace and when I go out in my coach, all the people will wave and I will shout at them, and…and…in the summertime I will go to my summer palace and I’ll wear my crown in swimming and everything, and all the people will cheer and I will shout at them… What do you mean I can’t be queen? Nobody should be kept from being a queen if she wants to be one. It’s usually just a matter of knowing the right people.. ..well…. if I can’t be a queen, then I’ll be very rich then I will buy myself a queendom. Yes, I will buy myself a queendom, and then I’ll kick out the old queen and take over the whole operation myself. I will be head queen.”
