The main symbol of the play is the fence itself. Rose wants the fence built because she sees it as something positive and necessary. To her the fence is a symbol of her love and her need for a fence shows that she represents love. However, troy sees it as something boring yet works on it unwillingly to finish it for rose. Troy doesn’t work on the fence with confident, his lack of commitment to finish the fence resembles to his commitment in his marriage. The unfinished fence also shows the unstable relationship with his family. The fence seems to be finished after Troy’s death at the end and the family
