When Am I There Analysis

Through the “Where Am I?” and “When Am I There?” portion of The Gister Method Alberti gives us some very practical uses and ways to discover the where is the character is and when they are there in order of expand the wholeness of a character. We have started to discover the importance of the given circumstances through monologue rehearsals and the impact that it makes on the overall tone and objectives in a piece of text. Throughout this chapter we are exposed to many aspects of the “Where Am I? and the “When I Am There” including the importance of this questions in relation to the audience, how to discover answers to these questions through carful reading of the play, and how to use imagination to fill in the blanks.
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One of the easiest ways to gather information about the “Where Am I” is to simply find the information in the text of the show. Many playwrights will give specific information as to the geographical location, time period, and place in which a show takes place, but it is how these things affect the “Who Am I?” of the character that is most important to discover. For example, it is a explicitly stated in the play that “The Crucible” takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the witch trials in late 1600s. Knowing the year in which the story is set is helpful in understanding the given circumstances that the characters are facing, but how the trials affect the characters in the play feeds directly into the “Who am I?” portion of The Gister Method. The fact that Abigail Williams uses her given circumstances and the witch trials as a cover up for her own sins gives us a snapshot of who she is as an individual rather than understanding the setting. Many of the crucial aspects of the situations that the characters are part of cannot be found in the text of the play and this is where imagination picks up to fill in the missing pieces of the