11. Units and Objectives
The idea focuses on breaking the play down into units of action, and
not just acts and scenes. The objectives within them dominate each
unit and once reached the unit ends. There must not be too many
units, but there should be enough to guide an actor towards realism.
Each actor must realize their character's role in the objective, whether
they want to achieve it, prolong it, prevent it, etc.
12. Super-Objective and Through-Line of action
The super-objective of a play is the main thrust of the plot, an
objective that runs throughout the entire text, it links to all the small
units and objectives via the through-line. To gain understanding of a
character, an actor must be aware of their character's relation to the
super-objective.