yeah, that seemed like the trap to me as well - I made sure to frame every argument with how he used the dramatic experience to motivate his characters emotions in the denigrating context etcIsn't that the entirety of the question though?
My thoughts on the essay was that the trap was going down a rabbit hole of trying to sound like you had revolutionary new analysis and then not answering the question. Anyways, it is all over now and we can't do anything about it.