Short Stories vs Plays

            A short story is a narrative prose-piece that has a well defined beginning, middle, end and moves toward a climax. A short story is also meant to be read at one sitting, so the author must be concise and to the point. A play is a .
             A short story provides a greater learning experience than a play because through a short story the writer's ideas are easier to interpret, the literary devices in a short story have a more important role in learning, and short stories have a stronger character development than a play. .
             In a short story the writer's ideas are easier to interpret because the writer expresses all the characters feelings and actions, therefore the reader has little to interpret on his own. In a play some of the writer's ideas are left out and to be interpreted by the director and cast of the play, therefore when reading a play each person may have a different interpretation as well as maybe not fully understand the original meaning of the play. .
             The literary devices in a short story have a more significant role than in a play and are often used more throughout a short story. Personification is an example where it is easier to give animals human features and understand them in a short story because the author is able to describe in detail the resemblance the animal has with people where in a play it is harder to describe and understand these similarities. Therefore this literary device is lost. There are a lot more complex sentences in short stories which give the reader an understanding of metaphors and similes as well as a larger vocabulary. In the short story, "One Spring Night" by Morley Callaghan there are a large number of literary devices that give more detail and make the story more interesting to read Play writers do not have as much detail and literary devise in what they write so there is less to learn from them. .
             Plays are made up of dialogue which often means that the character development throughout a play is not as detailed and informative as character development is in short stories.