From the beginning of the play the stage directions mention, “Live conga drums can be used to punctuate the action of the play.” (1048) From there on, sounds of these drums are to signal the audience of Margarita’s rhythm and heartbeat while swimming. The sounds of these drums show the progress and state of being Margarita is in when the dialogue is focusing on her family, so the audience always knows how Margarita is doing just by listening to the drums beating. In one case the drums begin to beat faster. “Pause. We hear Margarita’s heartbeat faster now.” (1054) This subtle increase in Margarita’s heartbeat allows the audience to picture how she is doing, and the audience realizes that she is having a hard time keeping up. This makes the audience feel worrisome about Margarita, and they wish that the focus of the play would return to her. The audience is left in suspense and is left recreating her swimming profusely to catch up to the boat in their minds. The audience has this feeling of anxiousness about Margarita’s well-being because of the way Sanchez-Scott uses sounds to heighten the emotional impact of this scene in the
From the beginning of the play the stage directions mention, “Live conga drums can be used to punctuate the action of the play.” (1048) From there on, sounds of these drums are to signal the audience of Margarita’s rhythm and heartbeat while swimming. The sounds of these drums show the progress and state of being Margarita is in when the dialogue is focusing on her family, so the audience always knows how Margarita is doing just by listening to the drums beating. In one case the drums begin to beat faster. “Pause. We hear Margarita’s heartbeat faster now.” (1054) This subtle increase in Margarita’s heartbeat allows the audience to picture how she is doing, and the audience realizes that she is having a hard time keeping up. This makes the audience feel worrisome about Margarita, and they wish that the focus of the play would return to her. The audience is left in suspense and is left recreating her swimming profusely to catch up to the boat in their minds. The audience has this feeling of anxiousness about Margarita’s well-being because of the way Sanchez-Scott uses sounds to heighten the emotional impact of this scene in the