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Analysis Of The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street By Rod Serling

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The teleplay “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” by Rod Serling, is all about prejudice and suspicion. It tells the story of the citizens of Maple Street, which is the victim of an alien invasion. The neighbors turn on one another in suspicion and end up just about wiping each other out. The teleplay negatively criticizes the people of Maple Street, showing that they reacted poorly and should be an example of what not do to in a tense situation. For example, in scene one of the second act of the teleplay, Steve Martin (a character created by Rod Serling) states, “You’re standing here all set to crucify—all set to find a scapegoat—all desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor!” This shows that the people of Maple Street are
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