56. TRACK SHOT – STEVE 56. From several yards down as he walks down the steps of his porch, walks down the street over to Les Goodman's house and then stops at the foot of the steps. 57. REVERSE ANGLE – LOOKING TOWARD SCREEN DOOR 57. Goodman stands there, his wife behind him very frightened. —The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, Rod Serling Use the stage directions to complete the sentences. There are characters in this scene, and the scene takes place . The mood of the scene is .

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.