August Wilson Character Analysis

Troy is an interesting character in Fences by August Wilson. As the protagonist of the play, he is the centerpiece of relationships with other characters of the play. Troy represents the tragic hero of the play. His wife, children and brother, views him as a hero. Troy, indeed, experiences some great amount of suffering one steers from his early years as a baseball star. He played in the Negro Leagues but lost the chance to play in the Major League since he gotten older to play once the League accepted African Americans. However, Troy has mixed feelings through his actions; yet, it causes a rift in the marriage he has with Rose.
The relationship Rose and Troy has complicates the two tremendously; but Rose manages to remain kind and caring despite the behaviors Troy presents to her. Rose is a mother who takes in Troy’s illegitimate child. Ironically, Troy values the stages of commitment but he engages in an affair with Alberta who later gives birth to his …show more content…
In the journey to redeem the relationships that seems to be lost with others, usually end up in becoming a betrayal act. Wilson uses characters’ action to define how their audiences view them. Troy appears to be a very large man and this can make him very intimidating and aloof to others. An example of this is the dialogue between Troy and Rose, “What you worried about what we getting into for? This is men talk, woman. Well, go back in the house and let me and Bono finish what we was talking about. This is men talk.” said Troy. In response to him “I told him if he wasn’t the marrying kind, then move out the way so the marrying kind could find me.” replies Rose. ( Wilson 967) Here the reader witnesses the complex relationship they have with one another especially in the dialogue between the three of them. Rose’s role as a housewife she stands by Troy no matter how much a