Answer:
a) avoid being absorbed in the experience and miss the important political point of theater.
Explanation:
Bertold Brecht was a German poet and playwright who designed the alienation effect. He wasn't comfortable with the emotional attachment the audience had with characters in a play as a result of emotional manipulation by the film directors.
He politicized "epic drama", a kind of style that seek to allow audience objectivity rather than emotional involvement in a play. He wanted his audience to be objective and hence make rational judgement.
In order to design her experiment, Phyllis will need:
- READING, as she will have to investigate the names of several fabrics (such as cotton, silk, linen, wool, cahsmere, leather, etc). She will also learn about waterproof materials.
- OBSERVATION as she performs the experiment. Because she will see that not every fabric repels water in the same way.
