The play/Drama, Fences – Metaphors

The play/Drama, Fences – Metaphors

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1) You MUST include a piece of DIRECT QUOTE from the play itself relevant to the ideas/topics identified (not just something you read online about it); and 2) also what YOU think about this issue and WHY you responded that way. If you are reporting on what someone else (ie, something you read online) wrote, you MUST include the citation (like a URL) and also put their words within quotation marks: “As analyzed by ____ in ____, these lines suggest….”

Prompts:

Choose ONE of the following topics—both related to metaphors—and respond with a full paragraph.

1) Baseball: Clearly Rose is unhappy with Troy’s reliance on the metaphor of baseball in her response quoted above. What do YOU think about Troy’s use of metaphor of baseball? To what extent does this metaphor help explain his situation, and to what extent is this metaphor not ultimately useful? Explain your own interpretation, and analyze fully.

2) Other Metaphors?: While Rose is critical of Troy’s use of the baseball metaphor, it actually turns out that she herself uses at least one key metaphor to help explain how she sees her relationship with Troy. (Find it!) Elsewhere as well, other metaphors are used by Troy, Rose, or others. Choose ONE metaphor—other than baseball—and analyze how that metaphor operates within the play.