Segregation is the act or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things .In the late 1900’s a play created by August Wilson named “Fences” took place when segregation occurred. In the play a black family lives is based around a fence. The fence symbolizes the strength the Maxson family has and throughout the play the characters had a complicated relationship with Troy .
Fences is about Troy Maxson, a mean man who has an on going, imaginary battle with death. His life is based on supporting his family well and making sure they have the comforts that he did not have in his own childhood. Also, influenced by his own abusive childhood, he becomes an abusive father who rules his younger son Cory. Troy was a nonchalant person and always hurt the people that was close to him. He has felt like …show more content…
She's always at home, cleaning or cooking. And, most important for a housewife of the time, she stands by her man. Rose fence is to keep all her loved ones close. Even though Troy can be a jerk, Rose sticks by him for most of the play.
Rose is no doormat. She doesn't let Troy walk all over her, she always calls him on his crap. When he makes inappropriate sexual remarks in front of company, she tells him that's not cool. When he exaggerates stories, she sets him straight. When she learns about his affair, she tells him off, saying, "You always talking about what you give...and what you don't have to give. But you take too. You take...and don't even know nobody's giving!" (2.1.122).
Perhaps the most telling moment for Rose is when she agrees to help raise Raynell. When Troy's mistress Alberta dies in childbirth, Troy begs Rose to be a mother to the baby girl. Rose tells her husband ,“I'll take care of your baby for you...cause...she innocent...and you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child had got a hard time....From right now this child got a mother. But you a womanless man.”
Fences is about Troy Maxson, a mean man who has an on going, imaginary battle with death. His life is based on supporting his family well and making sure they have the comforts that he did not have in his own childhood. Also, influenced by his own abusive childhood, he becomes an abusive father who rules his younger son Cory. Troy was a nonchalant person and always hurt the people that was close to him. He has felt like …show more content…
She's always at home, cleaning or cooking. And, most important for a housewife of the time, she stands by her man. Rose fence is to keep all her loved ones close. Even though Troy can be a jerk, Rose sticks by him for most of the play.
Rose is no doormat. She doesn't let Troy walk all over her, she always calls him on his crap. When he makes inappropriate sexual remarks in front of company, she tells him that's not cool. When he exaggerates stories, she sets him straight. When she learns about his affair, she tells him off, saying, "You always talking about what you give...and what you don't have to give. But you take too. You take...and don't even know nobody's giving!" (2.1.122).
Perhaps the most telling moment for Rose is when she agrees to help raise Raynell. When Troy's mistress Alberta dies in childbirth, Troy begs Rose to be a mother to the baby girl. Rose tells her husband ,“I'll take care of your baby for you...cause...she innocent...and you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child had got a hard time....From right now this child got a mother. But you a womanless man.”