What connections can you make between Anna's life changes and the United States before and after World War II?

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.

in act iii, scene ii, caliban, trínculo and stephano are drinking and wandering about the island. caliban asks for to steal prospero´s magic books. as a consequence, they will be able to kill him and take miranda. in this way, stephano will become king, propero´s daughter will be the queen, caliban will be their servant and everyone will recover power over the island.