Study Guide Contents

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Key Literary Elements
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict of the Basic Plot
• Symbolic Conflict
• Short Plot/Scene Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Background Information-Biography
• Historical Information

Scene Summaries with Notes
Act I
• Scene 1
• Scene 2
• Scene 3
• Scene 4
• Scene 5
Act II
• Scene 1
• Scene 2
• Scene 3
• Scene 4
Act III
• Scene 1
• Scene 2
• Scene 3
• Scene 4
• Scene 5
• Scene 6
• Scene 7
Act IV
• Scene 1
• Scene 2
• Scene 3
• Scene 4
• Scene 5
• Scene 6
• Scene 7
Act V
• Scene 1
• Scene 2
• Scene 3

Overall Analyses
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Themes Analysis

Questions
• Study Questions

Comment
• Comment on the Study of Literature