August Spies

Troy, Rose, and the Maxson Family in Wilson’s Fences Troy Maxson is the main character in Fences and he thought he could be in complete control everyone that was close to him. As being read, it is easy to make the case that August Wilson 's play Fences is a tragedy and that Troy Maxson is its tragic protagonist (Wessling). Troy is a poor black man who once had a dream of becoming a major league baseball player. He never became a major league baseball player, because he was an African American.…

In Franz Kafka’s, The Metamorphosis, the reader is presented with an underlying theme of alienation. This state of alienation or estrangement is seen by the isolation of the main character from a group or activity and their loss or lack of sympathy. Gregor Samsa loses his identity through the estrangement of his obligation to financially support his family and his duty as a traveling salesman. This estrangement is initially somewhat apparent by his physical transformation and later on thoroughly…

Coping Essay A Separate Peace is a novel written by John Knowles, in which the main character Gene Forrester is a student at Devon and he is competing with his best friend Finny. He pushes Finny off the tree and Finny shattered his leg. Finny died a few months later because of another accident. But Finny loves his friend, but Gene does not know that. Finny tries to cope with his problems by training Gene for an Olympics that will not happen, denying that there is a war going on, and his love of…

possibly give him the opportunity to go to college and play football, but troy told the recruiter that cory won’t be playing football anymore. He did this because he wanted cory to get his job back but cory was to focused on school and football. In August Wilson’s Fences the theme of dissatisfaction is very important because he turns down and ruins some of the characters lives because he doesn’t know the world changes and black people were now playing sports.…

often discussed, few truly recognize the importance of how previous trails aid with the development of the future. Knowledge gained from prior actions, and their consequences after, are vital in survival and preparation for upcoming tribulations. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, this artful theater production expresses how the past provides the necessary understanding to prepare for the following difficulties. Bernice in The Piano Lesson conveys how the past, and former problems— such as her…

Both Ghost Sonata and The Beggar have similar approaches when it comes to stage directions; their philosophy is more is more. We are first introduced to Ghost Sonata with a page and a half long stage direction that rivals Shaw. In it there is an incredible amount of detail. It describes what each character is doing onstage at all moments of the scene; it also gives as much information as possible regarding the atmosphere. “A steamship’s bell ring, and now and then silence is pierced by low…

thought of what your family might be like if you left them? August Wilson wrote the play Fences in 1985. The main characters are Troy, Rose, and Cory. Rose is Troy’s wife and Cory is their son. Fences is a story about the struggles of an African-American family during the late 50s to early 60s. Family and obligation is an important theme in Fences because it shows how important it is to take care of and be there for your family. It also shows August Wilson’s message of how things may not always…

said that in many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions attitudes, or values of a character. A play in which a character must contend with an aspect from the past is The Piano Lesson by August Wilson. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Bernice, struggles with her family’s slavery history, which reveals that not everyone’s past can reveal or prove the person they are today. Throughout The Piano Lesson, Bernice is constantly getting into…

Family values in Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” is portrayal as the same way a business is run. When the leader of the family can’t perform the job anymore someone must take his place. You can see this when Gregor’s father takes it upon himself to lead the family after Gregor fails to do his job. The family also shows business mentality of firing anyone that hurts the business. They did this when they were talking about getting rid of Gregor as he only held the family back. Doesn’t matter what…

In the post-#OscarSoWhite shared cinematic universe we call life, 2016 was the perfect designated time for any director, producer, screenwriter, actor, score composer, stunt coordinator, all the way down to the best boy and grip of color to come out swinging and do no less than knock it out of the park in the most artistic sense of the term. And in between the countless comic book adaptations and the latest anthropomorphic romp, some of the most creative and gifted black talents came through…