Question

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on

Maple Street


Which best describes the effect of the stage directions in


this excerpt?


75. SERIES OF CLOSE SHOTS - PEOPLE 75.


MAN ONE


The stage directions demonstrate the fear of the people


in the crowd who realize that aliens caused the outage.


The stage directions highlight the fact that the crowd has


realized exactly who is to blame for the outage.


The stage directions emphasize the crowd mentality and


the idea that everyone is making strong accusations


The stage directions illustrate that several singular


people are making accusations, but the group intensity is


dying down


(shouting)


It isn't the kid


it's Bob Weaver's house.


WOMAN ONE

Answer 1

The stage directions emphasize the crowd mentality and the idea that everyone is making strong accusations.

Answer 2

The stage directions emphasize the crowd mentality and the idea that everyone is making strong accusations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stage direction can be defined as the instructions that are written in a play that reveals the position, movement, stage light, effects, etc. These instructions help the readers of the play to understand the other happenings on the stage aside from the play that's going on.

'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street' is an episodic series penned by Rod Serling.

From the excerpt given above, one can overview that the crowd in the play were accusing the players on the stage.

So, the effect that best describes the stage direction in the given excerpt is the mentality of the crowd and that they are accusing the players.