Drama Terminology

Question 1

what is the stimulus literally?

Answer 1

Exactly what is
seen/read/heard.
As it exists.
example: cast iron with a wooden
handle could have been
made as an original school
bell.

Question 2

what is the stimulus contextually?

Answer 2

The inferred meaning and
information relevant to the
intended production of the
stimulus.
example: a bell used to signal the start
or end of something, could
announce to a crowd that
attention is needed.

Question 3

what is the stimulus symbolically?

Answer 3

Possible interpretations
relevant to our own reading
of the stimulus.
example: representing a simpler time
of people controlling the
time and need for attention.