Answer the following questions.
1. Read this…
Near the turn of the century, the destitute of Europe sprang on the city with tenacious claws and an honest and solid dream. The city devoured them. They swelled its belly until it burst into a thousand furnaces and sewing machines, a thousand butcher shops and bakers’ ovens, a thousand churches and hospitals and funeral parlors and money-lenders. The city grew. It nourished itself and offered each man a partnership limited only by his talent, his guile, and his willingness and capacity for hard work. For the immigrants of Europe, a dream dared and won true.
2. Answer these questions:
What information does this tell us about the time period of the play?
How does this information help us better understand Troy and his family?
3. Compare the following scenes from different productions of the play Fences.
4. Which one is more effective in your opinion?
5. Which one do you like better? Explain why.
