Obligatory Scene Diagram

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Order 'I think it's an American thing that we're afraid of dark feelings. Americans don't like to confront the other side of things. Americans want to be entertained. I'm not interested in providing laughter, even though I like to laugh . . ..'

-- Jamaica Kincaid

Obligatory Scene Diagram

Sequence & Relative Levels of Tension

  • CHARACTERS
    Face-to-Face

And here's an annotated version of Marsha Norman's Obligatory Scene starting from the Climax . . .

Example from'night, Mother

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