A possible disadvantage to watching this scene, as opposed to reading it silently, is that viewers are
FRED JORDAN'S cell. Slowly, at the end left unchalked, as for a door, she goes in. Her hand goes up as against a wall; looks at her other hand, sees it is out too far, brings it in, giving herself the width of the cell. Walks its length, halts, looks up.) And one window—too high up to see out.





(In the moment she stands there, she is in that cell; she is all the people
who are in those cells. EMIL JOHNSON [who works at the courthouse],
appears from outside.)



MADELINE: (stepping out of the cell door, and around it) Hello, Emil.

EMIL: How are you, Madeline? How do, Mr Morton. (IRA barely nods and does not turn. . . . EMIL turns back to MADELINE) Well, I'm just from the courthouse. Looks like you and I might take a ride together, Madeline. You come before the Commissioner at four.
unable to infer the characters’ emotions for themselves.

unable to interpret the stage directions for themselves .

forced to imagine the appearance of the characters.

forced to visualize the props used within the scene.

Respuesta :

The correct answer is A.

By watching this scene insted of reading it silently, the viewers cannot infer what the characters are feeling at the time of the action.

The author of the play adds very important information about what the character of Madeline feels upon entering Fred Jordan's cell. He explains that "she is in that cell; she is all the people  who are in those cells."

This information could not be taken from context only by watching the play, it would be necessary to read it to understand it.

The disadvantage of watching the play is that it is unable to infer the emotion of characters by oneself. Thus, option A is correct.

Watching and reading are the literature activity that had been performed as the active and passive processes.

What mean watching a play?

Watching the inferred play is inferred with the act of visualizing the setup. It is descriptive for the conditions. The feeling of the characters in the play is only inferred by the dialogues and expressions.

What means reading the play?

Reading is an active process and is based on the visualization and the feeling of emotions by the character in the cell. The reading gives descriptive details about the activities and feelings of the characters in the play.

The disadvantage of watching the play is that it is unable to infer the emotion of characters by oneself. Thus, option A is correct.

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