When doing research on the world of the play, look for information about: 1  economic environment--class, wealth and poverty. 2  political environment--the relationship of the characters to the form of government under which they live. 3  social environment--the mores and social institutions under which the characters live.
A meander, in general, is a bend in a sinuous watercourse or river. A meander forms when moving water in a stream erodes the outer banks and widens its valley, and the inner part of the river has less energy and deposits silt. stream of any volume may assume a meandering course, alternately eroding sediments from the outside of a bend and depositing them on the inside. The result is a snaking pattern as the stream meanders back and forth across its down-valley axis. When a meander gets cut off from the main stream, an oxbow lake forms.
Cut banks are found on the outside of a bend in a river (see also meander). Cut banks are caused by the moving water of the river wearing away the earth. A point bar on the other hand, is located on the inside of a bend in a river (meander). As the river curves around the bend in the river, the water slows down and sediment is dropped to the river bed. Over time, this sediment builds up and makes a point bar.