August Wilson: Boundaries and Life. August Wilson writes the dramatic play entitled "Fences- with extensive use of metaphors to represent human situations in a perspective uniquely held by a black man, yet complicated by many other factors in life. ... The prevalent metaphors that Wilson uses to illustrate dilemmas for his characters involve baseball and death. ... Wilson combines the metaphors cleverly illustrating the clever techniques of a metaphoric death character: "Death ain't nothing. ... The fence is a metaphor used less frequently by Troy in his conversations than baseball ho...

• Word Count: 1440
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School