Design Idea Exercise

A. Identify and write down all the dichotomies in the play. Are particular characters associated with these two polar extremes?
           bottom vs top, man vs woman, rich vs poor, religious vs nonreligious, paranormal vs head games, decent vs disrespectable, black vs white

D. List the primary themes of the play (about 5). Then, word-associate off each of the themes (5-10 per theme). Lastly, look at your word lists and see if you can combine some of them into new ideas.

a. One must work with what they have to get where they want to go.

·         murder, stealing, labor, bottom, work, talent, exertion, toil, patience, corrupt, cheating

b. Life goes on, whether one likes it or not.

·         missed, regret, achievements, responsibility, kids, death, birth, heritage, phases

c. There’s always two sides to every story.

·         evil, good, misunderstood, war, violence, teams, rivalry

d. An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind.

·         bible, corruption, eyes, out-of-hand, chaos, regression

e. Money won’t buy happiness.

·         money, fame, mature, adulthood, humble, modest, family, carpe diem

I’d see a lot of fatigue and poverty in my words, so I’d make the atmosphere old and unkempt.

E. Make a list of all the words that describe how an environment feels.

            gloomy, old, unkempt, dull, colorless, bland, empty, aging, regression

G. Made a list of verbs that answer the following questions: “What is going on?” “What is happening here?”

            betray, rival, mislead, lie, intrude, steal, take, gossip, justify, defend, reason, fight, argue, work, earn, realize, bond, grow, unite, love