Examples Of Suspension Of Disbelief In Theatre

An open definition of the 'suspension of disbelief' is the act of disbelieving the already-known knowledge to permit new information to be taken into consideration for a brief period of time. The suspension of disbelief in theatre is the act of suspending disbelief, to immerse oneself in the fictional nature of performance. It’s in human nature to use ways of knowing such as imagination and sense perception to entertain ourselves. Therefore, it is one the ways of knowing we usually rely on to suspend disbelief, as well as sense perception. The act of suspending disbelief raises some questions: do we, as humans, do this more often than we think? Does this concept apply in other areas of knowledge? In this essay I’ll be arguing my standpoint on whether suspension of disbelief is deemed ‘essential’ to other areas of knowledge such as the natural sciences, human sciences, and art. I do believe that Suspension of disbelief is widely applicable to other areas of knowledge.
Theatre, as a discipline of the arts, needs the suspension of disbelief to fulfil its main purpose; to entertain with fictional characters. The audience must immerse themselves to an extent that they can sympathise with the characters emotions, so it is deemed essential.
However, examples from other areas of knowledge are not so …show more content…
Even so we can look at the role of the suspension of disbelief is highly typical, there are many studies that use suspension of disbelief. The nature of psychological research allows any breadth of the human psyche to be tested therefore thousands of studies could exist that include the participants having to use suspension of disbelief. So, it could be inferred that it is essential in terms of the fact that without applying it to psychological research, developments on the research of knowledge on human behaviour would be