2. Remember: Though this is a play, we’re reading it, not watching it. There’s a lot—in terms of inflection, intonation—that’s up to our imagination. Actors might perform it differently than we imagine it. This class is about analyzing literature, so pay attention to how characters are developed, and to conflict, exposition, rising action, climax, denouement, etc.
3. What, where, when, why, who? Setting—where and when? What—what’s the conflict? Why—what happened before the story starts? Who—who is/are the principle character(s)?
4. AnthonyBarbaro “I guess I just wanted to kill the person I hate most—myself, I just didn't have the courage. I wanted to die, but I couldn't do it, so I had to get someone to do it for me. It didn't work out.” --as quoted in “They Threaten, Seethe and Unhinge, Then Kill in Quantity”
5. AnthonyBarbaro Aside from killing 3 people and wounding 11 others (many of them firefighters who responded to a call about a fire at the school—he’d lit off smoke bombs), they found home-made bombs in his room, and had expressed a desire to one of his friends to be in a standoff with police. He was an honor student, star marksman on the rifle team, and had just received a scholarship to an university.
6. Vaccaro vs. Barbaro Vaccaro is based on Barbaro, but they are not the same. Some differences:
7. Other differences might include: Parents personalities Defense Attorney Relationship with Father Keenan Etc.
