Fences
Essays

The course of dramatic literature reveals truths of the human condition. Drama is a study of human nature, its tendencies and reactions, its inner-most thoughts. Every play chooses as its theme various facets of…

Baseball as Symbolism in August Wilson's Fences: A Metaphor for Teamwork, Family, and Life

August Wilson's award-winning play Fences takes as one of its central themes the shimmering figure of the African-American father. That person so often missing from actual black families, where women head their families…

Sharlene looked at me with her big, watery brown eyes. "No," she said emphatically, with a definite doleful tone in her voice. "I have never felt like I fit in here." Sharlene, who is 31 years old and has two children,…