Dead or Alive

Those who love literature would suggest that language is alive. Language takes forms in poems, stories, novels and not forgetting plays. Recently, I had the chance of seeing it come to live. Having read play works like King Lear, Oedipus Rex and Importance of Being Earnest in my previous semester, had given me the chance to explore on drama through reading. Reading a play is not the same as watching one. Though there are some plays adapted into movies, I must say that watching a play gives me more satisfaction than watching a movie. Sitting among the audiences and seeing the actor perform live with vibrant music and colourful costume had really sucked me in. D’Arranged Marriage is one of a few plays that I had watched recently, it was hilariously entertaining even with only one actor playing eight different characters. 

What amazes me the most is the ability of the actor to perform without a flaw. Best of all, it was interactive, even when he was performing he was directly talking to the audiences. We forgot that we were mere spectators and it felt like we were alive in the story. The activeness of the actors and spectators can also direct a play into a new dimension each time. On the other hand, no matter how sophisticated we are from having 2D to 3D technology now, movies still have one characteristic, which is inactive. Unlike a play, movies are more of watching and listening but not responsive. It is fixed like the way it is, forever, which can seem so ‘dead’. Now that I found my new passion for plays, it only had left me craving for more....

Imagination Run Wild

Language has the ability to move hearts of the readers and shape their imagination. I had always loved reading for it had given me the chance of transforming myself into any situation and period of time of a story. At my early reading stage, I had the chance of becoming 'Cinderella' and 'Snow White' in the classic fairy tales and even became Mina Harker in Bram Stoker’s 'Dracula' later on. Now, having done some literature courses throughout my studies, had given me the opportunity to play with my imagination wiser and bolder. These imaginations had given me the possibility to understand any literature works better. Through imagination I have learnt to not only to sympathize but to empathize the characters. By being in the shoes of a character like Emily Grierson in ‘A Rose for Emily’ and Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet in 'Pride and Prejudice' to my surprise had really paid off. I am always looking forward to my next adventure into the literature world.