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A Doll’s House

Plays and films play a significant role in embracing the culture and values of people within the society. It is one of the most effective ways of relaying about a particular phenomenon within the community by providing a moral lesson that the audience can learn and embrace. Plays enlighten individuals, provide a moral lesson and teach communities about particular values or culture that are of great concern or importance within the society (VanLehn, Kurt, et al., p. 42). In the play, ‘A doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen, several themes comes into reality for the viewers just from the beginning of the play. Through watching the play, the audience can see how things unfold from one scene to the next. One of the overarching themes presented in the play is the theme of appearance and reality. By watching the play, the audience can see how Helmer marriage appears to be so loving and enjoyable, yet it turns out to be based on lies, different relationship and play-acting (Ibsen, Act 1). On the other hand, it would take quite some time for the ready to fully comprehend the plot and be able to see how things unfold just from the beginning.

It is always said, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’! The act of reading or watching a play may seem to play a similar role in relaying information to the audience or the reader. Although they pass same information to the reader or the viewer, watching is useful in communicating information. Visual communication has a great impact on the level of comprehension than reading a transcript or translation of the play. Reading often requires an individual to concentrate on the written text so as to be able to comprehend the plot of the movie while watching relay the information about the plot of the play much faster than any other means. In this regard, watching takes high credit since it enhances more rapid comprehension of the plot and allows the audience to have a grasp of any eventuality within the play (Hark, William et al., p. 248).

In the play, the gap between reality and appearance has been brought through the deceptive engagement between some characters. The deception which is one of the most important themes in play can only be realized through watching the play. In this regard, viewers have upper hand in grasping deception which has been majorly used by many characters in the play so as to enjoy acceptance in the community and the society in general. For example, Norah deceives Torvald about the loan and eventually hides from the truth (Ibsen, Act 1). She even lies to Torvald about trivial matters such as eating sweets since she is certain she could not tolerate the truth about their marriage. In this regard, watch allows the viewer to feel the real actions within the play and figure out how things unfold from one scene to the next.

Visual stimulation can queue a range of emotions among the viewers in the play. Watching a play, therefore, creates a feeling of emotions among the viewers as they can see the real actions in the play. On the same note, the overall nature of the narratives and the visual simulation creates an enjoyable experience for viewers thus enabling them to understand the play further by offering more benefits beyond a mere visual simulation of events (Hark, William et al., p. 251). Reading the play is not sufficient to enable the readers to get the feeling of the characters in the play as opposed to watching. In the first scene, viewers can share the sense of Norah when she interacts with Torvald about money. The audience can see how Nora behaves in an acquiescent way in her interaction with Torvald to get more money (Ibsen, Act 1). On the same note, Nora uses similar manipulation tactics on Dr. Rank in a bid to get some money from him drawing the attention of the audience to the way women tend to better their sexual favors in return for some money for men in certain societies. The audience can feel the experience of women through by viewing how they interact with men in the play as opposed to if it was read in the written script.

In conclusion, watching enhances more comprehension of any visual art such as a film, play or a movie among the audience as opposed to reading. As mentioned earlier, visual simulation queues different emotions and make the movie experience more enjoyable. In this regard, the audience can exercise their personal preferences on the plot development and scene transition in the play (VanLehn, Kurt, et al., p.58). As opposed to reading, watching foster more understanding of the play and makes the audience enjoy as they learn the core themes presented in the play. “A doll’s House” is one of the most enjoyable plays by Ibsen that the audience can feel the joy only if they watch and not by reading the script.

Work Cited

Hark, William T., et al. "Spontaneous sigh rates during sedentary activity: watching television vs reading." Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 94.2 (2005): 247-250.

Ibsen, Henrik. A doll's house. Joe Books Ltd, 2016.

VanLehn, Kurt, et al. "When are tutorial dialogues more effective than reading?." Cognitive science 31.1 (2007): 3-62.