Topic 11 - Conversational structure and character (Session A) > Analysing Major Barbara > Task C

Analysing Major Barbara

Task C - Who interrupts who?

Identify any interruptions and count up how many times each character interrupts the other. Then compare your findings with ours.

Remember that not everything ending in a dash or continuation marks necessarily counts as an interruption. It is also worth remembering in general terms that the punctuation used to signal an interruption can vary a bit from one dramatist to another, and sometimes from one edition to another of the same play, depending upon publisher conventions.

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