Shoe Horn Sonata Essay

Language helps us share other people’s experiences. Explain how this is achieved in The Shoehorn Sonata and at least two other texts.

Language helps us share other people’s experience. In the play the Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto, the use of symbolism, stage directions and dialogue enables the audience to feel empathy for the character as does the language used in the film Apocolyto and in the painting “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” by Holly Wong.

The Shoe Horn Sonata makes references to actual historical events and places. With the incorporation of many literary devices used in dialogue and language techniques working together, the play creates a sense of realism. This allows the audience to feel empathy and engagement with the
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