Ideas and messages from existing composers are transferred to the audience creating visually distinctive images that allow the audience to have an immediate impact on the journey they feel or think about a particular problem. From the in-depth study of the following texts from the play The Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto, the episode “Goodbyeee”, the television series Blackadder Goes Forth, directed by Richard Boden and the poem Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen, we can see that the interviewees are able to perceive the messages provided by the artists' texts by interacting with the typically visual aspect. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay John Misto's play The Shoe Horn Sonata is dedicated to all those Australian women who were buried in Japanese prison camps during World War II. In his work focusing on Bridie and Sheila, Misto conveys their sense of survival during the hardships of war along with their tenacity and will to survive. This is seen through the secrecy and truth of the two women, showing the intimacy of their friendship that they have endured to ensure each other's survival. The typically visual elements of the play engage the audience's empathy and are met by the effective use of dramatic techniques such as humor, flashbacks and intertitles. One distinct element conveyed is the characterization of the female friendship that the two endure through their experiences as victims of war. In the television studio setting, the audience notices how inseparable the two friends were and how they helped each other survive. And in the motel room setting the audience sees them bickering and arguing and there is an obvious rift in their reformed friendship. The two sets that revolve around the television studio and the motel room allow us to see this public and private world. This strengthens the fractured friendship the two once shared during their experiences as prisoners of war. During the war, they each had experiences where they helped each other. This is accomplished through the use of flashbacks when Bridie keeps Sheila alive. Humor is introduced into their sad conditions allowing the audience to engage with the historical situation depicted in Act 1 Scene 3. “Wham! Right here, every time I close my eyes, Tap – Tap –Tap.” The shoehorn was used to keep Sheila alive while she was drifting out to sea. Alternatively, Sheila offered herself to the Japanese soldiers in exchange for medicine to save Bridie's life. These events reinforce the strong relationship the two have with each other. However, they had not seen each other for fifty years after the war and their friendship had clearly waned. Some dramatic techniques used are how the two communicate in the motel room with the use of an imperative tone of voice in scene 8 of the first act. “Did you ever miss me – in all that time!?” Whenever Bridie raises issues between them, Sheila always turns away demonstrating direction and body language. The shoehorn and tobacco box are a symbol of their continuing friendship. They loved them through the war and stayed together, and when they were reunited fifty years later they each had their own item together that symbolized that even though they had not seen or spoken to each other for so long, their friendship would never be forgotten. In Act 2 Scene 14 Sheila says, “Oh by the way… I think this belongs to you,” returning the shoehorn to Bridie reinforces the reenactment of their relationship. The images.