For Act One - think about the following (guideline questions which you may use, from which you may draw inspiration for responses, or ignore)
1. The way the play presents a character or multiple characters - a play is only based on speech, so how do the words of these characters reveal or betray their personality, emotions, etc. Use specific quotes from the text (with page numbers please).
2. What are some of the main conflicts you see within Act One? What do these conflicts say about this family, these characters? How is Racine "setting the scene" for what might come?
3. What lines strike you as particularly powerful in this act? Why? What language, verb tenses, vocabulary, imagery, symbolism, etc. does the play use to create such force?
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