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Title: Analyzing The Tale of Despereaux


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AnalyzingThe Tale of Despereaux
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What does it mean to analyze?
  • to separate into parts or elements determine the
    elements or essential features of something.
  • to examine critically, so as to bring out the
    essential elements or give the essence of.
  • to examine carefully and in detail so as to
    identify causes, key factors, possible results,
    etc.
  • http//dictionary.reference.com/browse/analyze

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To analyze characters in The Tale of Despereaux
we need to examine
  • Traits
  • Motivations
  • Conflicts
  • Point of View
  • Relationships
  • Changes they undergo

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What are character traits?
  • These can be adjectives that you would use to
    describe a character.
  • Examples funny, scary, tough, sensitive,
    obedient, rebellious, doubtful, boring,
    secretive, selfish, energetic, devious, bossy,
    and calm

5
What are motivations?
  • Motivation is why someone acts the way they do.
  • Is it always obvious what someones motivation
    is?
  • Can motivation change?

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What are conflicts?
  • Struggles
  • Disagreements
  • Things that go wrong

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4 Types of Point of View
  • Objective
  • Third Person
  • First Person
  • Omniscient and Limited Omniscient
  • http//www.learner.org/interactives/literature/rea
    d/pov2.html

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What are relationships?
  • How characters are related
  • How they interact with each other
  • What characters have shared

9
Changes characters undergo
  • This can be anything from aging to shifting
    beliefs. This can include birth, death, learning,
    and forgiving.

10
Main Characters
  • Devereaux Tilling
  • Roscuro
  • Miggery Sow
  • Princess Pea

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Secondary Characters
  • Despereauxs family
  • King Phillip
  • Botticelli Remorso
  • Cook
  • Gregory the Jailer

12
Analyzing Despereaux
  • Traits Imaginative and brave
  • Motivations Music and love
  • Conflicts Mouse society
  • Relationships His family and Princess Pea
  • Changes Learns to read and stand up for himself
  • http//www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1854014233/
  • Does Despereaux have any weaknesses? What do you
    like most about him?

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Analyzing Roscuro
  • Traits Clever and heartbroken
  • Motivations Light and revenge
  • Conflicts Light and darkness
  • Relationships Botticelli and Miggery
  • Changes Seeks light, uses darkness
  • What does Chiaroscuro make you think of?

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Analyzing Miggery Sow
  • Traits Simple and hopeful
  • Motivations Desire to be a princess
  • Conflicts No one cares what she wants
  • Relationships Uncle and Roscuro
  • Changes Ears become cauliflowers
  • http//www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2743272217/
  • What does Miggery really want?

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Analyzing Princess Pea
  • Traits Compassionate and gentle
  • Motivations Love
  • Conflicts Fathers expectations and laws
  • Relationships Despereaux and Miggery
  • Changes Learns about vulnerabilities
  • http//www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1635910425/
  • What has Princess Pea learned?

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Analyzing Despereauxs family
  • Traits Conforming and cautious
  • Motivations Food and survival
  • Conflicts Despereauxs differences
  • Relationships Mouse society
  • Changes Lester, the father, changes. How?
  • http//www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1870791449/
  • How do the members of his family differ?

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Analyzing King Phillip
  • Traits Foolish and loving
  • Motivations Grief and justice
  • Conflicts Death of the Queen
  • Relationships Princess Pea and the Queen
  • Changes Vacillates between acceptance and
    non-acceptance
  • http//www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2760049433/
  • Do you know anyone like the King?

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Analyzing Botticelli Remorso
  • Traits Predatory and hateful
  • Motivations Cause suffering and power
  • Conflicts Roscuros yearning for light
  • Relationships Rat society
  • Changes None
  • Does Botticelli change? Why or why not?

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Analyzing Cook
  • Traits Tough and impatient
  • Motivations Efficiency and nuturing
  • Conflicts Can not make soup and struggles with
    Miggery
  • Relationships Loiuse and Miggery
  • Changes Becomes tolerant after making soup
  • Why is soup so important to Cook?

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Analyzing Gregory the Jailer
  • Traits Wise, industrious, mournful
  • Motivations Loves stories and seeks safety
  • Conflicts Rats and darkness
  • Relationships Rats , Despereaux, and Miggery
  • Changes Saved Despereaux. Never saved a mouse
    before
  • What, if anything, surprised you about the jailer?

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What do we understand now about The Tale of
Despereaux and its characters?
  • What do we understand about themes like good vs.
    evil and the power of stories?
  • What do we understand about problem resolution?
  • Why did the author choose the characters she
    chose?
  • Watch for differences in the movie.

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Helpful links and resources
  • http//www.thetaleofdespereauxmovie.com/splash/dow
    nloads/scholastic/Despereaux_Scholastic.pdf
  • http//www.teachertimesavers.com/Tale20of20Despe
    reaux.pdf
  • http//www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-r
    esources/grade/3-4/
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