Soap operas as a kind of mass culture have become a part of our daily life. Some people think that a soap opera is a great piece of art by which we can feel and enjoy ordinary people’s lives, while others are inclined to believe that it is a waste of time.

In my opinion, a soap opera is a kind of art which both can entertain a person and make them to think. Firstly, in soap operas we see lives of common people as we are. That is why we can learn to behave in different situations watching their experience and then use it in life. Secondly, a soap opera is a way to spend time without any mental overload.  Plots of most episodes are simple and do not require special thinking. 

However, some people claim that soap operas make people