To what effect is Marian’s extended speech used to reveal her character?

In what ways does the extract combine pathos and comedy?

To what effect are gestures and props used to present Adeline in this extract?

How do shifts of subject shape the dramatic development of this extract?

How and to what effect do stage directions make the characters’ emotional conflict visible?

How and to what effect is the contrast between speech and stage action used in this extract?

To what effect does the playwright combine bleakness with dark comedy?

How does the dialogue reveal the failure of Nora and Micheal to understand one another?

How and to what effect does Eve’s speech develop into a monologue?

To what effect is the ending prepared for in this extract?

How is a sense of threat sustained in this extract?

How does Shadow’s dialogue define his position in relation to Trock?

How does Tyler develop Charlotte’s defence of scandal through her extended speech, and to what effect?

How does this opening scene move from social conversation to the introduction of a new dramatic interest?

How does the dialogue convey the pressure Cecelia places on Tom?

How and to what effect do pauses and gestures complicate the spoken exchange in this extract?

How do contrasting speech styles expose the characters’ claims to authority in this extract?

To what effect does the extract use action that is concealed or takes place offstage?

How is exposition developed through disagreement in this extract?

How and to what effect is repetition used in Philip and Cynthia’s struggle to control the conversation?

In what ways does verbal humour undermine Philip’s account of marriage?

How does the language of official authority establish and challenge the Piper’s exclusion?

To what effect is the Gospel-book used as a theatrical prop in this extract?

How is tension intensified during the confrontation between Miss Levering and Stonor?

To what effect is the language of debt and payment used in this extract?

In what ways does the dialogue dramatize a struggle for authority between Miss Levering and Stonor?

In what ways do pauses and interruptions shape the dramatic progression of the extract?

How and to what effect does Eve use imagery to express her longing for a child?

How and to what effect is imagery of bodily decay used in this extract?

To what effect does the extract shift from Trock and Shadow to Lucia and Piny?

How and to what effect do interruptions connect the different concerns of this extract?

To what effect is irony used in the conversation between Tom and Cecelia?

How do changes of pace structure the comedy of this extract?

How and to what effect is the verse fragmented among competing voices in this extract?

How do contrasting reactions on stage shape the audience’s response to the Piper?