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August Wilson Fences Rhetorical Devices

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Based in 1957, Fences depicts how life was in 1957 for an African American family. The play is based in the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the play has a certain dialect that gives off a rhythmic tone in the play. August Wilson uses the four B's and they represent; Jorge Luis Borges, Amiri Baraka, Romare Bearden, and the Blues. The pace of the play gave off a great melodic feeling, which was the Blues. For each transition from scene to scene, there was a song of the blues that was played. Throughout the play there were sounds of nature used throughout the whole play, that symbolized being outside. With it being in the backyard, I noticed sounds of birds chirping, cars driving by, and the slamming of a car door because it represented
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