The Diary of Anne Frank: Act I, Scene 1
Pages 279-283
1. What is the author’s purpose in describing the apartment at the
beginning of Act I? What effect does it have on your reading of the play?
Cite specific examples to support your answer.
Cite specific examples
Author’s purpose
Effect on your
reading of the play
Cite specific examples
Cite specific examples
2. After reading lines 1-42, make an inference about
how Mr. Frank feels about being in the warehouse. Be
sure to cite textual evidence.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act I, Scene 2
Pages 283-292
1. What are the similarities and differences of a play and narrative?
In your paragraph, describe the elements that make a play.
2. Reread lines 570-586, what does the Star of David symbolize?
How do peter and Anne’s views differ?
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act I, Scene 3
Pages 293-309
1. What seems very important to the families in the loft? Cite
specific examples from the text to support your answer. What
are the differences between what of the two families feel is
important? What do these differences create in the play?
Franks
Van
Daans
2. Reread lines 907-917, What does Anne mean when she responds to Mrs. Van
Daan by saying , “Where would he be!” Which expression used by Mrs. Van
Daan is a hyperbole? What does this expression reveal about Mr. Van Daan?
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act I, Scene 4
Pages 309-314
1. Reread lines 2040-2066. Analyze the dialogue. Contrast the
ways Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Frank communicate with Anne.
Mr. Dussel
Mrs. Frank
2. Reread lines 2320-2328. Based on these stage directions, What will the
focus of scene 5 be? Who is leading the Hanukkah celebration? Why might
the playwrights have chosen to focus on this celebration.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act I, Scene 5
Pages 315-323
1. Reread lines 2532-2551. How does the action in this
scene connect to scene one? Why is this detail in the stage
directions important to know?
Scene 5
Scene 1
2. A pun is a humorous play on words and some puns involve using
different meanings of the same word. Reread lines 2451-2459. Who is
the author of the poem? What is the impact of Anne’s pun?
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act II, Scene 1
Pages 325-334
1. How does Mr. Kraler’s
news alter the tone of the
story? Cite specific examples
supporting your answer.
2. Reread lines 279-291 & 1271-1273
of Act One. What is the impact of
Mr. Van Daan using the word
discussion rather than quarrel?
(connotation vs. denotation) What is
ironic about Mr. Van Daan’s use of
the word selfish?
*A contrast between appearance
and reality.
Write in the
new Mr. Kraler
brings.
Because of the news,
how is the tone in the
story different? Write in
examples.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act II, Scene 2
Pages 334-341
Words suggesting
the tone.
1. Reread lines 854-868.
Determine Mrs. Van Daan’s
tone. What words does Mrs. Van
Daan use to suggest the tone?
What is the impact of her tone?
Tone
2. Reread lines 692-705. What is Peter doing? What is Anne doing? Which
detail shows the Anne wants her appearance to be just right? What do the
events in these stage directions suggest will happen next?
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act II, Scene 3
Pages 341-347
1. In scene 3 in the middle of
the argument Mr. Frank
shouts, “We don’t need the
Nazis to destroy us. We’re
destroying ourselves!” What
did Mr. Frank mean by this
statement? What details
from the play prove it true?
Destroying
ourselves
What did Mr. Frank mean
by this statement?
Details from the play
that prove it’s true
2. Reread lines 1222-1264. What does Mrs. Frank mean when she says “you
sacrifice your child to this man”? What is ironic about Mrs. Frank’s language
in this section? Why is Mrs. Franks statement “He steals once! He’ll steal
again!” an example of irony? What is the impact of Mrs. Frank’s anger?
The Diary of Anne Frank: Act II, Scene 4-5
Pages 347-352
1. In the final scene, Mr. Frank reads Anne’s final
words, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people
are really good at heart.” After reading it Mr. Frank
says, “She puts me to shame.” Why is this statement
ironic for Mr. Frank? What does it reveal about how he
has changed since we last saw him at the end of scene
4? Cite specific examples to support your answer.
Irony
“She puts me
to shame.”
What does it reveal about how he has
changed? Cite specific examples to
support your answer.
2. Reread lines 1863-1872. How does the setting of Scene 5 complete the structure
of the play? What sentences show that some time has passed since that first scene?