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Character - Analysis MASH

The document is a character analysis worksheet for a play set in the MASH 4077 unit during the Korean War. It includes a series of questions aimed at exploring the character's background, relationships, motivations, emotions, and development throughout the play. The worksheet serves as a guide for actors to deepen their understanding of their character and enhance their performance.

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Character - Analysis MASH

The document is a character analysis worksheet for a play set in the MASH 4077 unit during the Korean War. It includes a series of questions aimed at exploring the character's background, relationships, motivations, emotions, and development throughout the play. The worksheet serves as a guide for actors to deepen their understanding of their character and enhance their performance.

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Character Analysis Worksheet MASH

September 1951
38th Parallel, Korea MASH 4077

1. What is the socioeconomic background of my character?


2. What is a typical day for my character like?
3. What are my relationships like with the other MASH personnel, Koreans, superiors
4. What is the event that caused me to be in the MASH unit?
5. What is my character’s biggest goal within the play?
6. How does my character’s motivation change from the beginning of the play to the end?
7. What is the primary emotion my character has throughout this play?
8. What other emotions are affecting my character underneath that emotion?
9. What are my character’s mental or emotional difficulties?
10. What kind of self-esteem does my character have?
11. What props or scenic elements does my character relate to within the play?
12. How do those props/scenic elements develop my character?
13. What emotion should the audience feel toward my character? Sympathy, hate, friendly?
14. How is my character’s ethics? Does my character make just or unjust choices?
15. What information about my character is not included in the play?
16. How can I add the elements of that information in my performance?
17. When does my character help the plot along and how?
18. What is the most important element to my character: family, love, or career?
19. How old is my character? What major historical events have they lived through?
20. Does my character have children? How does (s)he feel about them?
21. Is my character manipulating or being manipulated by anyone?
22. Does my character have a hidden agenda or a deep secret?
23. Who are they hiding this from? Another character?
24. How strong are my character’s emotions in this scene? Pure hatred? Mild fear?
25. What is my character’s greatest fear?
26. What is my character’s greatest accomplishment?
27. What is my character’s motivation in each unit of the scene? Does it coincide with or
conflict with other character’s motivations in those units?
28. Does my character have their wants achieved at the end of the play?

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