My approach leading up to the performance was to try and embody the character. At the start, looking at my first video, my character seemed very flat– I merely read the lines with anger. However, trying to embody the character, through the class exercise of writing the questions down, I began to understand the character. Not only did I understand the character more, allowing me to understand the purpose/ motive behind the monologue, but the relationship of the character to who they were talking to, the place they could be in, the physical and mental characteristics of the person, doing this question also made me go into the shoes of the character. I could imagine what it was like to be the person and read this monologue. This helped me a lot as using this knowledge I had a better understanding of how to tackle the monologue. For example, making marks on my monologue on where to sigh, chuckle, use motion, increase in dynamics, change speed, etc. I would say I was successful. Looking from the perspective of an audience who I saw performing was a completely different character than who I am walking down the hallway.  I felt as though I wasn’t watching myself perform but my character and myself. This was through one of the techniques of Stanislavsky –relaxation. I felt relaxed on stage and I tried to let go of who I was in person, no hair touching, no ‘bad-Sophie’ posture I felt as though I was looking at the character I had performed rather than myself and a key contributor was relaxation. I use to think monologues had to be revolved around the characters experiences based on what they told us in the monologue. If there was no setting description, I didn’t try to think of one; if there was no obvious ‘ i crave love’ sentence, I wouldn’t think of presenting that desire. Now, I understand that to create a character with more depth, embodying the character using your imagination to dive into what’s happening is key, rather than performing based on what is wrote on the paper.