Read the following scene from Trifles.

COUNTY ATTORNEY. You mean that they didn’t get on very well?

MRS. HALE. No, I don’t mean anything. But I don’t think a place’d be any cheerfuller for John Wright’s being in it.

COUNTY ATTORNEY. I’d like to talk more of that a little later. I want to get the lay of things upstairs now. (He goes to the left, where three steps lead to a stair door.)

SHERIFF. I suppose anything Mrs. Peters does’ll be all right. She was to take in some clothes for her, you know, and a few little things. We left in such a hurry yesterday.

COUNTY ATTORNEY. Yes, but I would like to see what you take, Mrs. Peters, and keep an eye out for anything that might be of use to us.

What is one possible advantage of hearing the characters’ voices as opposed to silently reading the scene?
Hearing allows listeners to interpret the body language of each of the characters.
Hearing allows listeners to understand the thoughts of each of the characters.
Hearing allows listeners to associate a voice with each of the characters.
Hearing allows listeners to focus on the actions of each of the characters.

Hearing allows listeners to associate a voice with each of the characters. This helps the listener understand and interpret the scene with more fluidity rather than needing to figure out who is speaking while only reading.

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rdsalazardocente rdsalazardocente · Answer 2 · 2019-01-07T16:51:12+01:00

What is one possible advantage of hearing the characters’ voices as opposed to silently reading the scene?

Hearing allows listeners to interpret the body language of each of the characters.

Body language is a type of nonverbal communication that can help listeners in understanding the facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and use of space of the characters. This is a less abstract process that can help us in connecting to the story in a different way. Getting the direct meaning from the characters while hearing them gives us a better idea of the beings around them in relation to the space. In this process the reader naturally tries to incorporate the body language of the character, this is that the reader “becomes” the character.