August: Osage County

Fences by August Wilson is a more complex play than what naturally lies on the surface. Wilson writes a series of controversial themes, metaphors, symbols, and dynamic characters to create the play. The first major theme is the effect of Troy’s broken childhood home. His father was abusive which forced Troy to adventure out of his own house into adulthood at an early age. Troy finds life challenging and serves a prison sentence for fifteen years. His father made Troy quit school and help on the…

In Fences, the main character, Troy Maxson, plays as the antagonist. For the duration of his life, Troy confronted numerous hardships and troubles, that’d come to create shortcomings and tensions in his present life. These tensions are exemplified extensively through narrative elements such as characterization, motif, and foreshadowing. In the early reference point of the book, Wilson makes tension clear in the fact that Troy’s strength and mental/emotional state correlate directly to one…

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines conflict as the “the opposition of persons or forces.” Like many stories, Fences incorporates conflict to help bring the story to life. Fences is a 1950s play written by August Wilson. The story follows the life of a man named Troy Maxson and the viewers watch as he grows through multiple trials and tribulations. Most evident in the narrative is the many conflicts that we get introduced to. The three main problems that he faces is the conflict between himself,…

“Fences” by August Wilson, one of the main characters is Rose which struggles greatly in the story from her husband having an affair to the pain she endures for her no good husband. Rose is married to Troy who seems like a decent person but going in further into the story, his true colors come out. Troy is a compulsive liar and cheats on his wife, while Rose has a feeling something is going on she ignores it because that’s her husband. She is a strong person who face whatever obstacle is thrown…

Downtown Kansas City. It is part of Johnson County which is a fairly large county. The county itself is drastically different from the KC Metro area because it is known to be a very affluent area, especially the south half of Johnson county. Overland Park itself is one of the highest priced living areas. I chose this location one, because I live here in Overland Park, and two, because I was interested to see what resources are available to this county considering the average income and home…

1. Area: The community in which I live is an urban setting located in Central New York. The City of Utica is located in Oneida County. 2. Demographics: With an estimated 61,332 people in the City of Utica according to the U.S Census Bureau, the city has seen a decrease in residency since the formal census conducted in 2010 (Census Bureau). Even with the estimated decrease in population, the city is home to a multitude of races and ethnicities immigrating to the U.S from various countries…

The trigger for sympathy for the eponymous character Miss Julie The inevitability of fate as a motor for drama has been used through the ages and August Strindberg’s controversial play Miss Julie falls into this grouping of literary classics. The eponymous protagonist (daughter of a count and a commoner), is driven by a hereditary need to integrate with the lower class yet simultaneously lord over them. Using her sexuality but also tempted by lowering herself socially, she beds her servant,…

During the reading of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, I was often shocked by how misogynistic Nietzsche appeared. His declarations and defamations of women caused a great amount of discomfort while reading as I am a strong feminist and Nietzsche was apparently my nemesis. Throughout Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche offers several witty aphorisms pertaining to women such as “compare man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not have the genius for finery if she did not have…

I am probably complicating an easy question, but I’ll try to answer. I’m not convinced there should be any particular order of importance. I would, however, suggest that all three in fact compliment each other and no one element has a corner market of success over another. Although formal education has long been used as setting the benchmark towards a foundation in a variety of professional disciplines, I 'm not convinced it serves as the gold standard for success. In reading the biographies…

opportunities. Blacks were left without the prospects whites had to improve their lives. This inequality created tension within the black community as some searched for any outlet to gain control over their lives. In his play, Fences, American playwright August Wilson describes one man’s desperate fight for power in his life. However, by forcing power over his family, the man loses them. Only negative consequences arise as he searches for power.…