August Wilson was a Seattle writer who moved here from
Pittsburgh, who later died of liver cancer. Before his death, him and his wife
came to the agreement, in an article covering his legacy, “Before he died we touched base on a few things. He
understood I had to make decisions that would benefit his body of work, his
legacy” (Berson). In this piece of evidence, we learn that not only was Wilson’s legacy
because of him, but also because of the continuation of his wife carrying on
his work. The legacy of August Wilson is all of the work that he has left
behind, the cycle that represents 10 years of history through the perception of
Wilson. His legacy can also be seen as the many African-American actors that
were involved in his plays and were touched by his stories. Not only are his
plays a profound legacy left behind, but after his death, his wife continues to
carry on his legacy; working to continue his projects. One project that his
wife was involved in was the renaming of Broadway’s Virginia Theatre as the
August Wilson Theatre.
August Wilson’s legacy reveals a larger message about how
race, power, and language intersect in the United States by presenting to his
audience his perception of what happened in a decade. Since his plays covers
race and class in every decade of the 20th century, there are
changing ideas and trends in this long span of time that definitely reveal a message
that race, power, and language are all tied together, but have also changed
over the years.
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ReplyDeleteyou had a lot of info for describing Wilson's legacy but not talking about how it has revealed the larger message of race, power and language. you could have used more evidence from the text also in the second question response.
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ReplyDeleteI liked how you talked about how his Legacy is still alive even whens he isn't around. You should put more quotes from the article next time.
ReplyDeleteI liked that you explained how even though August Wilson was dead, his legacy didn't die with him because his wife helped him carry it into the future even though he has already passed away. Maybe next time you can add more quotes to back up your thinking.
ReplyDeleteI liked how much you but about him and his wife, I actually even learned from it because my article didn't talk about that. But I think when you were talking about his legacy you should have talked about his a little bit more, overall good job though. Maybe a quote from Wednesday would have strengthened your second paragraph.
ReplyDeleteI liked the fact that you talked about his wife and how she continues Wilson's legacy even after he died of liver cancer. The flow was very well and enjoyable to read.
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