Speech 1

• Dramatistic Pentad


  A method that is designed to help us think about what motivates the things that people do
• Motivation

  The process that starts, directs, and sustains goal-oriented behaviors. It includes the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that drive behavior in the direction of meeting needs or achieving objectives.
• Kenneth Burke's theory was inspired by William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, where a character says "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players."
• Burke treats real life as if it were a drama, and argues that by taking a dramatic approach to the interpretation of communicative modes, we can answer the questions: What are people doing and why are they doing it?
• Five Elements of Dramatistic Pentad

  • Act
  • Scene
  • Agent
  • Agency
  • Purpose
• Act


  What happened? What took place in thought or deed?
• Scene


  The context or environment in which the action (act) takes place. It includes the physical surroundings, social setting, historical context, and cultural atmosphere that influence and shape human behavior.
• Agent


  Who is the actor? Who is it? What person or kind of person performed the act?
• Agency


  How it happened and the instruments and methods used. Ability of individuals or entities to act and make choices.
• Purpose


  The intention or goal behind a person's actions. Answers the question "Why?"
• Act


  • A Group of PLV students were deciding what food should they buy
• Scene


  • It is 12:00 PM and the English major PLV students are done with their class so they decided to take a break and buy their food outside the school. They asked each other what they wanted to buy and they all agreed to buy chicken pastil to the nearest store
• Agent


  • The group of PLV students
• Agency


  • The group of PLV students ask each other what food they're going to buy and where they're going to buy it.
• Purpose


  • It is lunch time and the English major PLV students were hungry.
• The Dramatistic Pentad is criticized for its broad scope as it examines all human symbolic exchange.
• We will be able to provide answers to the questions of what, when, where, how, and why by using dramatistic pentad in order for us to fully understand the intentions or reasons behind those acts.