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Standard English Distinctively Visual Essay "The Shoe Horn Sonata"
English (Standard)
2 Pages • Essays / Projects • Year: Pre-2021
Distinctively visual tools re manipulated by composers, so that images may be created in a text, which allows responders to visualise the characters, events and experiences. John Misto’s play ‘The Shoe Horn Sonata’ and Daniel Barnz film Cake explore how the hardships faced by individuals reveal the truth of their experiences and effects on the relationships they form with others around them. Respectively, The Shoe Horn Sonata focuses on the hardship and truth of war and the ways it effects relationships. Cake reveals how an individual is challenged by the loss of a child and the true effects this will have on an individual and their relationships. Therefore, distinctively visual techniques are used by composers so that elements of their texts may be envisioned and understood thoroughly. The truth about the women’s experiences of war is brought to life, as Misto uses distinctively visual techniques in tandem with recollection. Through the use of various techniques, an insight to the horrors of war experienced by the silenced female prisoners are effectively conveyed. Projected images of the war appear on stage in the form of black and white photographs. The images show emancipated men carrying large boxes with great struggle, upon which Sheila comments “We were thinner than that” to contrast the visual images, with the truth that the women endured the same treatments as men. This is conveyed distinctively, so that responders are able to experience this hardship as it is revealed in the play. Additionally, Sheila’s humiliation and suffering is highlighted where she tells Bridie the real truth of how she retrieved the quinine tablets. During this scene the audience are too, presented with the truth of the sacrifices these women made at war. Sheila hold’s up the Shoe Horn which evolves as a visual prop and symbol of the truth. Bridie, notably confused questions this by asking “Didn’t you give that to Lipstick Larry…?”. Here it is imminent that Sheila in fact gave up her body in exchange for medicine so that she could save her friend. This revelation is brought to life through distinctively visual techniques, so that responders too, can experience this with the women.
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