August Wilson carriers a great legacy in his life
time production of plays. August Wilson has a great legacy because he
was one of the first African Americans to write plays for black people and
still to this day his wife carries on his legacy. Wilson's plays are all
about how African American's struggled back in the 20th Century how
Africans struggled with adversary. He wanted to change the views hoe African
Americans were being seen. All the plays
that August Wilson created opened spots for African Americans to be in his productions
he wrote. August Wilson created a lot of shows but he was famous for Fences “which
takes place in the 1950’s and 1960’s, is what Author Miller referred to in 1947
as “‘The Tragedy of the Common Man.’”(Sheteir)
August Wilson legacy reveals his influence he had on African
Americans back in the 20th century. In the Article it said “When Wilson
started writing the cycle in 1979 (to remind us), you could count the number of
mainstream African- American play writers on one hand.”(Sheteir) Also Wilson
showed power to African Americans because without him taking the time to write
plays for African Americans some people probably wouldn’t even have jobs. All
in all you can say August Wilsons plays were very well thought out and very creative
for African- Americans. “But Wilsons example led the way by setting the bar
high for other African-American play writes. (And yet as Wilson would be the
first to say, the American theater, particularly outside of New York, remains
overwhelmingly white.)” (Sheteir)
Strong examples of Wilson's impact on black playwrights and society today, solidified your case of him having an influential legacy. You did a good job in providing evidence from readings about August Wilson, but you should elaborate on the evidence so the reader has a better understanding of your message.Wilson did introduce power to the African-American society through furthering opportunity in plays, but how did he introduce the relationship with language through his work?
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