Plays versus Novels - 9.25.15

Plays are fundamentally different than novels in the fact that plays are typically written with acts and scenes, and also they can be based off of fact and fiction, while novels are based off of fiction (usually). Plays also can show what a time period was like, they could show the culture and how they speak. Also, plays are short in length, while novels are extensively long and can have more than one book in a series. A storyteller might opt to write a play if his writing has an extreme amount of dialogue and action parts. The writing of a play could help the reader imagine what is going on, plus a play can be manipulated to be played in different time eras, or to present different motifs throughout a story. Just like in the movie Macbeth that was watched in class this week -- I pictured it to be set in a 12th century Scotland and the director of the play set it in 20th century Soviet Union. By the director doing this it made the motif of paranoia caused by guilt ever more present. In conclusion, a play can be easier to write, and they are easier to manipulate to the way you desire.