Logic And Emotion In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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Logic is the reasoning assessed on the principles of validity. Emotion is the intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning. The rule of balance defines the way an individual’s morals bristle with prejudice, evaluating their motivation by pride and vanity in the discovery to reach new insights involving logic and one’s plight of present perception. These concepts can be evident with reference to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a novel-to-play adaption by Simon Stephens, through questioning the thought of subjecting logic with emotion and observing themes that alert the stability in the conflict of forming individual identity. Its main character, and narrator of the book, fifteen-year-old Christopher is mathematically …show more content…
Rather than taking an indication of his father’s honesty, Christopher’s logic tells him to acquaint Ed as a murderer, considering himself a viable victim. Angled at a high shot, the foreground comprises of Ed and Christopher. The deliberate placing of Hugo and Jacob vectorise their actions towards one another. Jacob in bright yellow, develops inclination through the extension of Hugo’s hand to which emotes Christopher’s vulnerability to isolate himself from Ed in a fit of logical confusion. In efforts for his father to reconnect after what is perceived to be more traumatising than Wellington’s death itself, Christopher no longer feels safe in the presence of someone who cannot tell the truth. It is this concept that contradicts the theme of logic v emotion, because the truth is both logical and emotional. Abby, impuissant, takes the role of Siobhan to the background. Lighting helps distance her in unison with a three dimensional depiction of the rule of thirds. Christopher is the only character making direct eye contact with someone; contrasting Jacob’s gaze Ed refuses to look at his son. Hugo’s body language conveys Ed’s complete disorientation. He looks to the side of Christopher as to ignore shame and abashment evident in Jacob’s gesture. Ed killed Wellington out of a desire to protect Christopher as best he could, even if his own anger and sense of betrayal did play a part in his emotional distance from logical …show more content…
The intention assessed through Christopher’s principles of validity cohere with distinguished feelings from reasoning. Through use of lighting, vectors, body language, gaze, framing, contrast, and salience, viewers observe the logical and emotional manifestation of Christopher’s exposure to world experiences, and the sagacious aspect mainstream society is subject to. Scene 1 bristles with morals and prejudice, evaluating individual plight of present perception. Scene 2 focuses on referencing tones of personal development, and Scene 3 depicts the characterised placement of logical burdens individuals adopt amongst the isolation of logic with emotion. All three scenes act as catalysts for decision-making in the rule of balance. The play brings an understanding of society’s sentiment and reasoned attitudes to light, whilst demonstrating Christopher’s aspect in his resonance to new revelations and exposure to real-world situations. The theme of logic versus emotion stands evident to secure Christopher’s intellect of a person’s difficulty to express familiar concepts of comprehension and emotional

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