"Physical Connection"

After reading through the vagina monologues I feel that if Ensler did not make this piece literature into a play then I would not get the full affect, and emotions that were behind each story. Just by reading the stories I do not get a strong enough feeling about what each women went through or something that they might have experienced. I think Ensler made it into a play because it allowed women around the women to express themselves in a way that they might have been able to do. For someone like me who knew little about the play or the book, I feel that by watching the play I would get a real sense for these women. Most literature is better when it is being performed live and in front of someone; you can get the full affect, you can see the emotion behind every story. I think Ensler wanted her audience to physically embody her stories because these are real women telling their stories, and through them you get a strong emotional connection to these women. While reading it is one thing to read it and understand it is another, but seeing it and feeling it, it is a whole another level. Ensler uses the word vagina in very different ways, and the word vagina is a representation of women worldwide. The word vagina is just a word to most people, but after reading these particular stories the word has a total different meaning as well as an effect on people. When you think of the vaginas you think “woman part”, but not after reading this play, has a greater meaning and effect on someone. When I think about the word vagina I will think of its deeper meaning it is not just a thing, but also more of an emotional connection to most women.