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After reading Act 1, Scenes 2-3 of Fences, answer the following questions:

1) Overall thoughts?

2) What lesson was Troy trying to give to Cory? Do you feel he went about it the right way?

3) Watch the following videos, which show the exact same scene interpreted by two amazing actors:

                 Denzel Washington–

                 James Earl Jones–

After watching the videos, answer the following questions;

a) What differences did you notice?

b) Which performance did you like better? Why?

c) Which performance is closer to what you had in your head when reading this scene? Why?