If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will learn about the "comedy of menace" genre.
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Students will explore how authors deploy foreshadowing and irony to create an effective narrative arc.
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Students will explore the symbolism that characters and objects within the sparse play begin to take on.
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Students will discuss and examine how one goes about producing and interpreting a play for production upon the stage.
