Read the following scene from the inheritors. fred jordan's cell. slowly, at the end left unchalked, as for a door, she goes in. her hand goes up as against a wall; looks at her other hand, sees it is out too far, brings it in, giving herself the width of the cell. walks its length, halts, looks up.) and one window—too high up to see out. (in the moment she stands there, she is in that cell; she is all the people who are in those cells. emil johnson [who works at the courthouse], appears from outside.) madeline: (stepping out of the cell door, and around it) hello, emil. emil: how are you, madeline? how do, mr morton. (ira barely nods and does not turn. . emil turns back to madeline) well, i'm just from the courthouse. looks like you and i might take a ride together, madeline. you come before the commissioner at four. a possible disadvantage to watching this scene, as opposed to reading it silently, is that viewers are

When it comes to the disadvantage of watching a scene rather than reading, we can answer in the following manner after analyzing the script:

Viewers are:

A. unable to infer the characters’ emotions for themselves.

There are advantages and disadvantages to both reading and watching a scene. When we watch, for example, we have the advantage of not having to imagine the objects, clothes, and people in the scene. They are right in front of us. When reading, we have to imagine them.

However, one disadvantage of watching is that we are not able to infer the characters' emotions for ourselves. No matter how great an actor is, we can still debate on what it is that the character is feeling at that moment.

When reading, we are told that. In the scene we are analyzing here, we are told that the character "is all the people who are in those cells." While watching a scene, unless we were told that, we would not know that is how the character feels.

With the information above in mind, we can choose option A as the best one.

The missing answer choices for this question are the following:

A. unable to infer the characters’ emotions for themselves.

B. unable to interpret the stage directions for themselves .

C. forced to imagine the appearance of the characters.

D. forced to visualize the props used within the scene.

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