Answer :
Final answer:
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street' is a science fiction teleplay and not a speech, making the true-or-false statement about its classification as both false (b. False).
Explanation:
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is a teleplay from the Twilight Zone series, which is typically associated with the science fiction genre due to its exploration of societal issues through fantastical and speculative concepts. This piece is not a speech, but rather a narrative work intended for television. Therefore, the correct answer to whether 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street' can be classified as both a speech and science fiction is b. False.
However, it is worth appreciating how literature can represent both truth and fictional elements. When Plato asked, "And literature may be either true or false?" and suggested that the young should be trained in both, he was reflecting on the educational importance of both true histories and fictional stories. Similarly, classic literature like 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and 'Dracula' delve into the metaphorical monsters lurking within societal norms, but they are not meant to be taken as factual accounts.
