Question

read the following scene from triflesmrs. hale (resentfully). i dont know as theres anything so strange, our takin up our time with little things while were waiting for them to get the evidence. (she sits down at the big table, smoothing out a block with decision.) i dont see as its anything to laugh about.a possible disadvantage to hearing this scene, as opposed to reading it silently, is that mrs. hale may not○ move as the reader imagined.○ feel as the reader imagined.○ look as the reader imagined.○ sound as the reader imagined.

Explanation:

When reading a play silently, readers form their own mental image of how a character sounds, moves, looks, and feels. When hearing the scene performed, the actor's interpretation replaces the reader's personal imagination. The key here is that the stage direction specifies Mrs. Hale is resentful, but an actor's delivery might not match the tone a reader had imagined for this resentment. The other options (move, feel, look) are less directly tied to the auditory experience of hearing the scene, while the sound of her voice is a core element of the spoken performance that can diverge from a reader's internal imagining.

Answer:

D. sound as the reader imagined.