What is a good topic for a research paper on August Wilsons “Fences”?
I’ve read the play, but it’s been a while. I know it deals a lot with what it means to be a man, but if you want to talk about the fence, it was also a central theme as I recall. You could compare/contrast that symbolism with Robert Frost’s poem “Fences”. It is about how fences make good neighbors, because they bring us together but also maintain boundaries. It also investigates the fact that such boundaries are not common in nature, and are a man-made ideal. Just google it and you will find it. I think that the fence was something that definitely brought the dad and his son together because they built it together… I think fences in both situations are an attempt at obtaining control or power over a situation that is truly out of a person’s hands… Good luck!
