Wilson manages to reveal his ideas within the necessary limits. The playwright is limited in time and space, so it is essential to be precise when writing a play. Dramatic structure of the playĪdmittedly, drama “is not flexible as other forms of literature” (McMahan et al. The dramatic structure of the play, use of numerous metaphors, and, of course, depiction of such a modern hero as Troy make Wilson’s ideas obtain physical form. It is important to point out that Wilson portrays negative outcomes of such building in a very lively manner. Depicting the life of the average African American family Wilson articulates the universal truth that if “someone builds a fence, the builder is at once fencing in and fencing out” (Bloom 139). The play is full of metaphors concerning fences which reveal the major theme and idea, building fences. In 1983 August Wilson wrote a story of a man who built fences around himself. Reputedly, Fences is one of the most famous dramas in American literature.
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