Theme in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Answers

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 65. LONG SHOT – ACROSS THE STREET 65. As the lights go on in one of the houses, porch, inside, all over. WOMAN ONE (in a very hushed voice) Charlie . . . Charlie . . . the lights just went on in your house. Why did the lights just go on?

What is one reason that Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is considered science fiction as opposed to fantasy fiction?

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. STEVE (whirls around toward her) Show them nothing! If they want to look inside our house—let them get a search warrant. CHARLIE Look, buddy, you can't afford to— STEVE(interrupting)Charlie, don't tell me what I can afford! And stop telling me who's dangerous and who isn't and who's safe and who's a menace.

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 58. CONTINUED 58. By this time Steve has reached the group. He stands there defiantly close to them. CHARLIEGo ahead, Steve. What kind of "radio set" you workin' on? I never seen it. Neither has anyone else. Who you talk to on that radio set? And who talks to you?

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. CHARLIE (CONT’D) He comes walkin' out of the darkness—how am I supposed to know who he was? (he grabs Steve) Steve—you know why I shot! How was I supposed to know he wasn't a monster or something? (he grabs Don now) We're all scared of the same thing. I was just tryin' to . . . tryin' to protect my home, that's all! Look, all of you, that's all I was tryin' to do. (he looks down wildly at the body) I di

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Which aspect of Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street marks it as science fiction and not fantasy fiction?

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.

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 59. CONTINUED 59. STEVE (CONT'D)(he turns to the group and shouts) And you're with him too—all of you! You're standing here all set to crucify—all set to find a scapegoat—all desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor! Well now look friends, the only thing that's gonna happen is that we'll eat each other up alive—

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. As they shout, accuse, scream, interspersing with cuts of TILT SHOTS OF HOUSES as the lights go on and off and then slowly in the middle of this nightmarish morass of sight and sound the CAMERA STARTS TO PULL AWAY until once again we've reached the opening shot looking at the Maple Street sign from high above. THE CAMERA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. . . .