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    The main ideas in the 20 pages talk about who is Winston Smith . Winston Smith was thirty-nine years old‚ and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle. He lived in Victory Mansions. He worked at a kilomentor away the Ministry of Truth. There are four apartment such as Minitrue‚ Minipax‚ Minlur‚ and Miniplenty. Precisely‚ the Ministry of love was the really frightening one because there are gorilla-faced guards. Also‚ Winston wrote the diary about the movie he watched. After that he thought about

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    Introduction: The main idea of a multiple regression analysis is to understand the relationship between several independent variables and a single dependent variable. (Lind‚ 2004) A model of the relationship is hypothesized‚ and estimates of the parameter values are used to develop an estimated regression equation.(abyss.uoregon.edu) The multiple regression equation used to describe the relationship is: Y’ = a + b1X1 + b2X2 + b3X3 +……. + bkXk. It is used to estimate Y given selected X values

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    The play‚ Fences‚ presents a slice of life in a black tenement and is set in 1957 through 1965 by August Wilson. It has a main character by the name Troy Maxson‚ who spent most of his entire career life as a garbage collector (Gale‚ 3). Throughout the play‚ Troy undergo through rebellion and frustrations as he struggled for fairness in a society which seems to offer none of his concerns. His actions and behaviors towards his family can be interpreted by one as those of a violent and evil father.

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    Theatre Arts 300 Fences Reading Assignment The play Fences‚ by August Wilson is a well-known play. It has been performed at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven on April 30‚ 1985 and also at 46th street on Broadway in March 26‚ 1987. Fences have been performed by many famous actors like James Earl Jones as Troy and Denzel Washington. The play has also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama award and a Tony award in 1987. The playwright of Fences is August Wilson. August Wilson was born on April

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    Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ and Fences‚ by August Wilson‚ are two great tragedies by two outstanding playwrights. The two stories seem intertwined by the great characters that they center around. Although the stories of Oedipus and Troy are separated by centuries‚ the characters are almost identical. Different backgrounds‚ different cultures‚ and different adversaries do not affect the manner and behavior of the main characters. If nothing else‚ the pride in each of the characters make the two so

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    Boundaries in August Wilson’s Fences The early 1950’s was a time of enormous importance because of the Civil Rights Movement which emphasized equal rights for blacks and whites. According to the book Approaching Literature‚ this time period became very familiar to August Wilson‚ the author of the play Fences. Wilson‚ an African American man‚ was raised by his mother and his ex-convict father. For a short period of time‚ before moving back to his old neighborhood‚ Wilson lived in a primarily

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    As with most works of literature‚ the title Fences is more than just a title. It could be initially noted that there is only one physical fence being built by the characters onstage‚ but what are more important are the ideas that are being kept inside and outside of the fences that are being built by Troy and some of the other characters in Fences. The fence building becomes quite figurative‚ as Troy tries to fence in his own desires and infidelities. Through this act of trying to contain his desires

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    "When the sins of our fathers visit us‚ we do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness as God in his Largeness and Laws." This quote‚ by August Wilson‚ explains how one can either repeat‚ or expel the sins of the people that came before us. In the play "Fences"‚ also written by August Wilson‚ one can observe how two of the main characters deal with the sins of their fathers. These two characters are Troy and his son Cory. Troy plays host to the sins of his fathers‚ while Cory banishes

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    Symbolism in Fences

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    Symbols in Fences As we know that‚ “Symbolism is a literary deice in which an object‚ event‚ or action is used to suggest a meaning beyond its literal meaning” (p.1801). In the play night Mother‚ by Marsha Norman used the symbol of “bus” to compare Jessie life; she feel herself as if no progress in life after the age fifty years. Therefore‚ she compares herself with such a “Bus” which will reach in same place even after fifty years. So‚ ‘Bus’ symbolizes the lack of progress‚ sense of hopelessness

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