Rebellion
Rebellion is an uprising against a specific group or idea that a person does not agree with. In the plays “Fences” by August Wilson and “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, acts of rebellion are shown. In Fences, the rebellious act takes place between a father (Troy) and a son (Cory). Troy has a belief on how the relationship between father and son should be, and is appalled when Cory rebels against this idea and defends himself in an argument. On the other hand, in The Crucible, the character that rebels is a man named John. His act of rebellion is against his village and the court of Salem. When he is accused of being involved with witchcraft, he agrees to verbally admit to sinning, but refuses to sign an agreement that states that. …show more content…
But John refuses to do so and does not sign his name away from a bad correlation.. So while in both plays, there is a main character rebelling against the normality of their society, the circumstances and situation in which they do so are unique.
The way in which the characters' rebellion is similar is the idea that they are going against social normality and they are being bold in their beliefs. In the first play, Fences, Troy and his son Cory are in their backyard arguing about how Cory walked past his father without saying an excuse. Troy takes a lot of offense to that, and he immediately calls him out on it. But Cory shows that he is done being treated like he should praise his father, and so instead of giving in he instead decides to defend himself. In the text Troy says, “You just gonna walk over top of me in my own house?” to which Cory responds with “I ain’t scared of you”(Wilson85). By the way that Troy stated his question, you can tell that he wasn't expecting Cory to be so defensive. He is taken aback at how forward his son was and is not happy with his attitude. Troy grew up always believing that it is a parents job to provide for their kid, and for their kid
Rebellion is an uprising against a specific group or idea that a person does not agree with. In the plays “Fences” by August Wilson and “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, acts of rebellion are shown. In Fences, the rebellious act takes place between a father (Troy) and a son (Cory). Troy has a belief on how the relationship between father and son should be, and is appalled when Cory rebels against this idea and defends himself in an argument. On the other hand, in The Crucible, the character that rebels is a man named John. His act of rebellion is against his village and the court of Salem. When he is accused of being involved with witchcraft, he agrees to verbally admit to sinning, but refuses to sign an agreement that states that. …show more content…
But John refuses to do so and does not sign his name away from a bad correlation.. So while in both plays, there is a main character rebelling against the normality of their society, the circumstances and situation in which they do so are unique.
The way in which the characters' rebellion is similar is the idea that they are going against social normality and they are being bold in their beliefs. In the first play, Fences, Troy and his son Cory are in their backyard arguing about how Cory walked past his father without saying an excuse. Troy takes a lot of offense to that, and he immediately calls him out on it. But Cory shows that he is done being treated like he should praise his father, and so instead of giving in he instead decides to defend himself. In the text Troy says, “You just gonna walk over top of me in my own house?” to which Cory responds with “I ain’t scared of you”(Wilson85). By the way that Troy stated his question, you can tell that he wasn't expecting Cory to be so defensive. He is taken aback at how forward his son was and is not happy with his attitude. Troy grew up always believing that it is a parents job to provide for their kid, and for their kid