Premium Content The Significance of Songs in August Wilson's Fences
By Auvijit Chakder - February 29, 2004
"Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in," offers the sage Bono one afternoon during his usual bonhomie with fellow refuse collector Troy Maxson. The seemingly minor line encompasses the entire leitmotif of August Wilson's play, Fences. It is a play that takes place in a time, as the author says…
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