Assignment: Fences Worksheet
The following worksheet is designed to help you organize and synthesize your thoughts regarding Fences by August Wilson. This worksheet is a place for you to develop your critical and analytical thinking regarding this play. (Please answer each question in one short paragraph.)
Ultimately, you will be writing a paper about Fences. This worksheet will be a starting point.
ACT I
1. How would you describe the mood in the first act of the play? (i.e. tense, exciting, dull)
2. Which of the characters in the play do you feel most connected to? Please explain why you feel connected to this character?
3. Choose one moment in the first act of the play when you felt the most emotion as a reader? In other words, which part of ACT I affected you the most?
4. Was the first ACT of Fences similar or different to other stories or plays you have read in the past? Please explain.
5. Please point out a part of ACT I when you found yourself the most amused. Please explain why.
ACT II
1. How is the mood of ACT II similar or different from ACT I? Please explain.
2. What is the most surprising thing that happens in ACT II? Please explain.
3. In what ways is Troy fenced in? Are any of the other characters fenced in? If so, how?
4. What is the one moment in ACT II that stands out for you the most? Why?
5. Is there a moment in ACT II when you feel sympathy towards Troy? If so, when and where? If no, explain why not.
6. How does the play leave you feeling? Please explain your overall emotional and intellectual response to the play.
7. Why do you think this play has been so successful? Please explain.
8. Would you recommend that others read this play? Why or why not?
9. If you could ask one of the characters a question, what would it be?
10. What do you think the answer to this question would be?
Which moment from Fences was the most dramatic to you? Write one paragraph (at least 7 sentences). What was that moment? Why is it such an important and dramatic moment? How did it make you feel? Why is the moment important in terms of how it impacts the world of the play.
The most dramatic scene from the play to me was the day of Troy's funeral. When Cory comes home from the Marines in his uniform, and sees his mother and they share an emotional embrace. Rose tells him how his father died of a heart attack while swinging his bat at the baseball that hangs from a tree in their backyard. Cory tells Rose that he is not planning on attending his father's funeral, he is still holding a grudge. Rose like the strong and kind hearted woman that she is tells him that by not attending the funeral he is disrespecting his father and that does not make him a man. His father has passed and it was time to put the past aside. This scene made me feel happy and sad at the same time of how Rose was able have control of the entire situation.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
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