The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

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How do the events and or character’s actions advance the plot of the monsters are due on maple street? In the drama,” The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” by Rod Serling, shows that this play has many different characteristics to it, and different hidings inside the lines. The character’s actions really impact what the whole play is about, because the text states that, “ There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, and prejudices.” That statement is saying that the weapon itself isn’t the harm to the people but just simply their attitudes and actions. As quoted in the passage,” Well...sometimes I go to bed late at night. A couple of times… a couple of times I’d come out on the porch and I’d see Mr.goodman here in the wee hours

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