STATUS

YOU CAN HAVE HIGH STATUS

orLOW STATUS.

… it is your relationship to the other characters that determines your

status

Who would you say has a higher status? Why?

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STATUS IS RELATED TO WHO HAS MORE POWER

more power = higher status

STATUS IN DRAMA

• DRAMA INTERESTS IT’S AUDIENCE WHEN A CHARACTER’S STATUS IS THREATENED OR CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE DRAMA.

EXAMPLES – • CINDERELLA – Poor girl becomes princess• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – Big brute turns cute

through love of a good woman.• ALADDIN – Poor pickpocket becomes sultan and

defeats evil wizard with battered old lamp.• HARRY POTTER – Bullied boy becomes powerful

wizard on 11th Birthday.• Changing a character’s status generates tension.