This is an analysis of the stage musical Sweeney Todd (NOT THE MOVIE)
-Use standard 12 pt. font; no script or all-caps fonts
-One inch margin at top of first page
-First page should include an introduction to the subject of your analysis
-Triple space to the title
-Double space text
The analysis should include and cover the following:
– Stasis/Intrusion: Explain the “stasis” of the given circumstances and what “intrudes”
upon it. At what moment is the subject of the conflict introduced and is it through music
or dialogue?
-Cultural Norms: What are the cultural norms, regarding attitudes of ethnicity, marriage,
family and sex? Explain how they are reinforced or reflected by music and lyric?
-Musical Language (melody/rhythm/tonality/harmony): Explain how it is used along
with the Language of Lyric to communicate the character?
-Musical Language (character): Explain how musical language reinforces the notion of
characters in opposition to one another.
-Forwarding: Explain at least two specific example of how the Musical
-Language/Language of Lyric forwards the action of the play.
Conflict vs. Theme: Theme is not meaning; it is a topic in the play.
-Themes or Topics: Explain at least two topics (or Themes), and how they are conveyed
through the music (or musical language) in the play.
-This is an Analysis, not an Essay or Critical Review. Label each term.
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