Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 75. SERIES OF CLOSE SHOTS – PEOPLE 75. MAN ONE (shouting) It isn't the kid . . . it's Bob Weaver's house. WOMAN ONE It isn't Bob Weaver's house, it's Don Martin's place. CHARLIE I tell you it's the kid. DON It's Charlie. He's the one.
Answer
A
The stage directions demonstrate the fear of the people in the crowd who realize that aliens caused the outage.
B
The stage directions highlight the fact that the crowd has realized exactly who is to blame for the outage.
C
The stage directions emphasize the crowd mentality and the idea that everyone is making strong accusations.
D
The stage directions illustrate that several singular people are making accusations, but the group intensity is dying down.
Explanation
The direction “SERIES OF CLOSE SHOTS – PEOPLE” focuses attention on different individuals as they accuse one another: one blames the kid, another names Bob Weaver’s house, and Don says Charlie is responsible. The rapid sequence emphasizes how suspicion spreads through the crowd and how people are making strong accusations. The characters have not identified aliens as the cause of the outage.
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