Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 41. DIFFERENT ANGLE – THE GROUP 41. As they suddenly start toward the house. In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. Which element of drama is highlighted in this stage direction? audience setting character plot