... the historically oral (i.e. poetry, some prose, and drama), follow many of the same conventions of a novel, for example the telling of a story including setting and characters, but not all of them have the same affect on a reader/listener/watcher. Through literature, people meet characters they ... senses are very important in added to the overall effectiveness of drama. In order to build this process of understanding that drama should give the senses must be considered. Sight and sound are almost completely responsible for a plays ability to communicate to e audience. The theatrical .....

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... in that section of New York City in the 1920s. The title of Hansberry's play comes from Hughes's poem which had a double purpose. It further underlines and describes her play's themes, and it also emphasizes the heritage of black American literature, a heritage that portrays a very different conception of America than the literature of dominant white culture. The poem suggests the inevitability ... by its smaller size, by its frequent use of simile, rhyme, and its dependence on the line as a formal unit. There's also a radical distinction between the motion felt from reading a story and...

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