Work and emotions in Notes on a scandal by Richard Eyre

The purpose of this article is to present the connection between work and emotions in Notes on
a Scandal directed by Richard Eyre. The author proves that emotions are determined by our work. In the
author’s opinion protagonists’ work influence on their private life, forcing them to reproduce negative
emotional patterns in contacts with relatives. Based on Arlie Hochschild’s conception of emotional labor,
the author explains, how people control their emotions to avoid the need to make changes.