A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur Analysis

After viewing A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur, I will address Aristotle’s six elements of dramatic action: Plot, Character, Ideas, Language, Music, and Spectacle. Specifically, I will talk about the acting, directing, and design of the play. First, I will address the plot of the play, which Aristotle considered to be the most element of dramatic action in plays. The plot of the play includes the exposition, rising action, climax, and conclusion (or resolution). In the beginning of the play, we are introduced to Dorothea and Bodey. I feel as though the audience really got to know these two characters during this time. It was evident in the way they talked (especially Bodey), she did not have a very good education. This was especially …show more content…
I feel there is a variety of lessons the audience can take away from this play. During the middle of the play, many individuals could take away that being raised in a nice part of town does not necessarily guarantee they were properly raised by their parents. We can see this shine through in Helena’s lack of sincerity and compassion. At the beginning of the play Bodey says “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Although Dorothea thinks she is just being overcritical and pessimistic, it turns out this was advice that Dorothea should have listened to. Lastly, I think the final message an audience could take away from this play is that family and trustworthy friends are much more valuable than living in an expensive apartment and owning fancy …show more content…
The spectacle includes the sets, costumes, and lights. I believe the set did a great job of reinforcing the plot of the play while also not distracting the audience. I liked the director’s use of a transparent door to allow the audience to still clearly see what was going on. Also, the bright and mismatched vibrant colors in the apartment showed the potential age of the apartment decorations. The costumes also did a very good job of showing the social status of each of the characters as well as what time period the play is set in. Bodey’s apron indicated she was cooking before she even began attending to the food she was cooking. Lastly, the lights also were helpful in adjusting the audience’s focus on the element the director wanted them to be looking at. An example of this was when Helena was talking about eating alone. All the lights in the theater were dimmed except the light that shined on her. This helped place extra importance upon the lines she was saying as well as give a sort of dark nature/feeling to her thoughts without actually revealing them to the other characters. Her lack of compassion was one of her main traits in the play and this shows she actually does feelings but she just refuses to show them to other