Rose Killed In Troy's Fences

Although, Rose needed a little of persuasion from Troy, her handling of the situation is very commendable. Rose truly feels that the baby is innocent and should not be punished for Troy’s unfaithful actions. By Rose involving the thought of sins in her in her decision to take in Raynell or not, the presence of religion is shown in her life. Without Rose being a religious woman, maybe her decision for being a mother for Raynell would have changed. As Rose knew it would be wrongful of her to blame the sins of one person onto someone else and in this case it involved Troy and Raynell. Most of the time the woman that was cheated on would have said forget the baby out of spite for Troy but Rose’s religion was used in a very good way now that a would be motherless child has a mother. Rose commits a godly act. “Fences” is built around Troy’s infidelity as “the plays conflict centers on … his extra marital affair” (Ogoanah 213). What Ogoanah is saying here is that with Troy’s infidelity considered if Rose would have acted differently that would have affected a key story line of the play as Raynell would have grown up without a mother. Even with Rose taking care of Raynell, she does not feel the need to get back with Troy. One has to keep in mind that she and Raynell’s situation did not change her …show more content…
This all relates to Troy not being able to have a baseball career because of him being black. His bad baseball experience has weighed on him for many years and has thus made him a bitter man. With that said, Troy often thinks about life and death with baseball always in mind. As he describes death as "a fastball on the outside corner" (1.1.82). Troy feels that he could always hit a homerun off of a fastball back his prime during his baseball career. So, just as Troy feels that he could always get the best of a fastball, he feels that he can get the best of death and he dares it to come near