"Visual action"
I agree that visual action is important on the stage and in speech. On the stage visual action allows the audience to see physically what is happening throughout the story. In speech the visual action allows the reader to imagine what may be going on during that time in the play or what is happening.
In Oedipus there is a lack of stage direction which lets the reader imagine on what, where and when specific events maybe happening through out the play. Descriptive visual occurs though, for example when Oedipus pokes his eyes out, one is able to visually see what even is occurring and able to cringe from the action that is read.
In The Wild Dick there is a lot of stage direction going on that allows the reader to specifically know every little detail of when, what, and where the event may be occurring. These stage directions help visually allow the audience know where everything seems to be taking place and not have to exactly use their imagination to know what is going on. In the text there isn't so much of visual speech but the constant stage direction seems to make up for the fact that you don't need visual speech in speech to know what is going on I don't know.
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