2006-12-11 13:34:29 · 3 answers · asked by ititit3 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It has a great affect on GRASPING the attention of the reader and makes him/her GLUED to the reading.
2006-12-11 13:37:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How violence is used in a play will determine the outcome. Violence alone is neither a wise nor poor choice for the author.
Based upon what I've seen and read, American authors frequently use sex and violence when a plot is rather lame. However, violence is a part of humanity, and has been used in everything from the Greek clasics (such as Oedipus) to recent works (such as King Lear) very effectively. When a script is well written, the use of violence can provide insight or universal truth about humanity in a believable manner, and in such a way that the script would be diminished without portraying it.
D.J. Lachance, playwritght, Milwaukee, WI
2006-12-11 21:56:55 · answer #2 · answered by djlachance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question cannot possibly be answered in a vacuum. Violence is either central to the story of a play and the characters in it ("Macbeth," e.g.), or it's merely gratuitous. There's a world of difference.
2006-12-11 23:08:51 · answer #3 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋