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        <title><![CDATA[A conclusion with the topic of social inequality can run in a variety of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A conclusion with the topic of social inequality can run in a variety of ways and I think that much of it is dependent on what you have composed in the body of the essay.  Without knowing this, I think that you might have to bear the brunt of determining how a great writing sample must be concluded.  I could suggest some ideas, though.  I think that composing a conclusion that argues that social inequalities could represent Wilson's symbol...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The conclusion should recapitulate the main thesis. If you have a strong...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The conclusion should recapitulate the main thesis. If you have a strong thesis and strong arguments that support your thesis, then the conclusion should show how it all fits together. You could even say something, like:
In light of the discussion, the conclusion that social inequalities should be clear for these reasons...
One mistake that I see once in a while in a conclusion is that people add something new. This is almost never a good...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:33:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[how can i write a conclusion on the essay titled ' explain the Social...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[how can i write a conclusion on the essay titled ' explain the Social inequalities that exist in our society'?
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:56:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If the question is related to Wilson's play, the choice of symbol is a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fences/q-and-a/what-symbolic-meanings-fences-119615</link>
        <description><![CDATA[If the question is related to Wilson's play, the choice of symbol is a powerful one. Troy's entire existence is generated by fences.  Troy's building of the fence in the backyard is designed to keep out death, and it is unfinished.  Emotionally, Troy's own background as a child of an abusive father has helped to create a type of fence around his own ability to relate to Cory.  Race has helped to erect a fence around Troy and his dreams, and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:44:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Are you perhaps referring to Robert Frost's poem 'Mending Wall' here? Of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Are you perhaps referring to Robert Frost's poem 'Mending Wall' here? Of course he is not the only writer to discuss the themes of barriers, divisions, fences and walls in our society and in Nature.
In that particular poem, Robert Frost actually talks about two forms of human-made barier fences and walls. He begins by challenging the old saying 'good fences make good neighbors' in which man protects himself from confrontation and loss of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:12:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the symbolic meanings of fences?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the symbolic meanings of fences?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:53:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The previous post did an excellent job in articulating the fundamental...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fences/q-and-a/troy-considered-tragic-hero-116249</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The previous post did an excellent job in articulating the fundamental difference between the classical tragic hero and the modern incarnation.  I think that I am struck by the tragic hero as being someone trapped between ends that evoke the greatest of agony and empathy on the part of the reader.  For example, Troy is raised with an abusive and terrible father.  Understanding this, Troy wishes to raise Cory differently.  However, he is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some say Troy is a classical tragic hero.  Some say he is a modern...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some say Troy is a classical tragic hero.  Some say he is a modern tragic hero.  I tend to think he is more the latter than the former.  Key questions: does Troy reach an epiphany before his death?  Is Troy an emblem of suffering for his people?
Here are the distinctions for you to decide:
Modern Tragic Hero
1.  Person of less worth consideration
2.  May not have the needed catharsis to bring story to a close
3.  May die without any...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:26:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is troy considered a tragic hero?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is troy considered a tragic hero?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:50:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is a phenomenal question.  Really, I had not thought about it...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is a phenomenal question.  Really, I had not thought about it until you brought it up.  Both discuss the reality and complications of the American Dream in different ways.  I think that both of them are discussing how painful dreams can be when there are social and economic barriers whose inertia cannot be overcome.  Troy and Wily are interesting characters because they both feel a certain animation of their dreams, but also present a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:25:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do August Wilson and Arthur Miller, based on their respective plays,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Do August Wilson and Arthur Miller, based on their respective plays, have the same vision of American Dream?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:10:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This answer is both superficial and irrelevant to the overall meaning of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fences/q-and-a/significance-title-78503</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This answer is both superficial and irrelevant to the overall meaning of the play, sure you can summarize what the fence literally does, but figuratively, it symbolizes Troy's "fencing" in of people's lives. He fences Lyons in because he is never there for Lyons, so Lyons grows up without a father or role model. He fences in Cory by treating him unfairly and not signing his football contract, limiting Cory's opportunities for success. He...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:57:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The ending of the play can be seen as an instance of situational...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The ending of the play can be seen as an instance of situational irony.  At Troy's funeral, where all have come to pay their respects, it would be expected that Gabriel would finally be able to sound his horn.  Yet, rather than hearing Gabriel blow his horn in recognition of Troy, the mouthpiece is broken and we see his dance and howl at the reality of what is.  This scene can be seen as situational irony because it represents a combination...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:53:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are two example of situational irony in Fences?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are two example of situational irony in Fences?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:17:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what do you think cause leon to remain unemployed?
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        <description><![CDATA[what do you think cause leon to remain unemployed?
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:01:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The concept of "Fences" does have to do with barriers and the obstacles...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The concept of "Fences" does have to do with barriers and the obstacles that are built to prevent full acknowledgement of one another and the dialectical other.  We can see this with Troy's inability to connect with his son, as well as Troy's lack of emotional connection with his own background and father.  This notion of an emotional fence is even erected between Troy and his wife, to whom he is loyal, but has an affair and child with...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:35:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why was the play named after the word "fences"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why was the play named after the word "fences"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:24:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[According to the playwright August Wilson, Fences is set in 1957, and he...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[According to the playwright August Wilson, Fences is set in 1957, and he identifies Troy's age as 53 in the stage directions for Act 1, scene 1. Therefore, this fictional protagonist would have been born in 1904. Your answer is correct! Troy's age is significant because it makes him too old to have been able to play baseball in the Major Leagues, which were integrated by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Troy, however, contends that he could have...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:24:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When was Troy Maxson born?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When was Troy Maxson born?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:31:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[describe how the behaviour of troy impacted the relationship of rose and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fences/q-and-a/describe-how-behaviour-troy-impacted-relationship-102607</link>
        <description><![CDATA[describe how the behaviour of troy impacted the relationship of rose and cory]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:09:22 PST</pubDate>
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