The movie ‘Fences’ has three main characters: Troy Maxson, Cory Maxson, and Rose Maxson. However, I believe characters such as Lyons Maxson, Jim Bono, and Gabriel Maxson play extremely important roles in the movie also. Therefore, I will speak on all six. Troy Maxson (53), is an African American garbage collector. He was a star in the Negro Leagues (he learned to play baseball while he was in prison) however, his athletic ability decreased just before blacks were accepted in the Major Leagues. He is strong, hardworking, and tells fictitious stories in which he twists the truth. He is the breadwinner and plays a leading role in his thirty-three plus year friendship with Jim Bono. He is the centerpiece of all relationships in the movie. He is a father to Cory, Lyons, and Raynell. He has a brother named Gabriel. He has excessive pride in comparison to his role in the family. He is unsatisfied with the …show more content…
She is a typical 1950s era house wife. For most of the movie she was seen at home cleaning or cooking. Another important factor is that she stands by her husband though he can be a jerk. However, she doesn’t allow him to walk over her; she tells him about his crap. Whenever he makes sexual remarks to her when there is company around, she tells him about her disapproval. Whenever he tells fictitious stories, she points it out. When he told her about his affair she says, "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!" What could be the most challenging situation for her is when she agrees to help Troy in the upbringing of Raynell after the death of Alberta during childbirth. When Troy begs her to raise Raynell, her response was “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
She provides for her family constantly. She plays the role of a typical 1950’s woman well. Whenever she has visitors she always offers them food. For instance, when Gabriel visits, she asks, “You hungry, Gabe? I was just fixing to cook Troy his breakfast” (26).
The behavior that Sula’s mother, Hannah and Nel’s mother, Helen upheld in their community, were assimilated by their daughters Sula and Nel, which lead them to a life of despair. In their community, Medallion, Hannah was viewed as a whore. She engaged in frequent sexual relations with any man that she came across.
The end scene of Fences and Keepers of the House both represent the possibility of redemption in the face of the sins of the fathers. In his play Fences, August Wilson shows to the reader how a person can redeem himself if he is able to embrace both the evil and good of the man and find forgiveness of the father’s sins. However, Shirley Ann Grau presents that a person cannot redeem itself once the sins happen and the characters are stuck in the cycle of vengeance due to their unyielding characteristics. Throughout his play Fences, August Wilson presents characters who are stuck in the cycle of the bitter relationship between father and son due to the past sins of the fathers.
When Raynell’s biological mother, Alberta, died in childbirth, it was surely a sad predicament. Though with all things considered, Troy could be directly blamed for her death. As, if Troy would have never cheated on Rose and impregnated Alberta, Alberta would still be alive because the complications of child birth caused her death. Along with the irony of Troy’s wife, Rose, having to inform him of his mistress’ circumstances, immediately came the question, who is going to act as baby Raynell‘s mother? Rose is put in an
He is raised on the idea that a man is the head of his family, and must be tough and ready to fight to prove anything. He also knows that is his role as a man to be the provider, and his failure to hold down a job and often to even bring home food to eat makes him feel like a failure. The only way he knows how to deal with that is to take his anger out on something else. The roles created for both Glen and Anney lead to a toxic structure in which the children and Anney are constantly emotionally abused by Glen, and the eldest daughter, Bone, is physically and sexually
The play, Fences by August Wilson, is about Troy Maxson and his struggling family relationships. A recurring idea throughout the story is the construction of a fence around Troy's home. Troy's fence could symbolize two things, Troy is trying to protect his family from the outside world, or Troy is isolating himself from his own family. As the construction of the fence progresses, the more severely damaged Troy's relationships become. In this play, the underlying message is that, despite the fact that fences can both protect and isolate, Troy’s fence isolates him from his family rather than to protect his family.
Many things affect us as people and as individuals. Parents being the ones that have the most influence over us as children and sometimes, even as full-fledged adults. In the play Fences, Troy Maxton was the father of three children who were affected greatly by him, his actions, and how he treated them as a whole. When the sins of our fathers visit us
"When the sins of our fathers visit us, we do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness; As God, in His Largeness and Laws"(Wilson X).This epigraph by August Wilson provides an insight into the importance of the topic in the play Fences. In Fences, the play depicts the relationships of the Maxson family and their friends. Troy Maxson, a middle-aged African American man, is happily married to his wife Rose and takes care of his son Cory whilst occasionally interacting with his other son from a previous relationship. However, the complexities of Troy 's past create issues for him and his family and their relationships begin to deteriorate.
In the play Fences by August Wilson, Troy Maxson presents as the protagonist. He is an unsympathetic character who seems to hurt all those around him with his aggressive persona. Troy is a selfish man, with a one sided perception on life which made him unable to accept the choices others made. Due to his upbringing, Troy is unable to show love in a normal fashion. Instead, he blocks his family out by using a harsh exterior, emotionally excluding himself from his underlying love.
“A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves" -Banksy. In the play “Fences” ,Troy, Cory’s father does exactly this. He doesn’t allow his son to achieve what make him happy, which is playing college football. He thinks by doing this, he's doing what’s best for him. Because of this, Cory begins to bear a grudge towards his father.
The play Fences is a drama written by August Wilson who was one of six children and also dealt with opeesrrions and racism when he dropped out of school due the struggles of racism. The play Fences presents the character Troy Maxson a person who has faced racism and discrimanation throughout his life. The Pulitzer Prize winning play is set in 1957-1965, a time when African-Amercians where hopeful for a better life. In Fences, racism haunts Troy Maxon’s life past and present. The play brings the view of racism in the world through Tory Maxson, family and friends.
Fences by August Wilson is a play set in 1950s Pittsburgh which chronicles the life of an African American family. Language is a crucial component of the play, revealing the characters, conflicts, and meaning of the story. In Fences, Troy is a strong character who uses his language to assert his dominance, especially over his son, Cory. Troy treats Cory with a harsh exterior, which masks his deep hopes for a better future for his son.
She is a strong independent woman. She exerts great power over the men around her, as her beauty and charisma seem to charm everyone she meets. Moreover, she refuses to commit to any one man, preferring ultimate independence. However, she is scared to be by herself so Jake implies “she can't go anywhere alone”. Mike makes a statement to Robert to affect his manliness and also makes Brett look bad while doing it, when he says “Breding be damned...
In August Wilson’s playwright Fences, the narrator portrays racism in a social system, in the workplace, and in sports, which ultimately affects Troy’s aspirations. Troy Maxson is constantly facing the racism that is engraved into the rules of racial hierarchy –– fair and unfair, spoken and unspoken. Troy suffers many years of racism when he plays in the Negro major Baseball League; therefore he decides to protect Cory from ever experiencing those blockades in his drive for success. In the end, although Troy is always driving to obtain agency, Troy always succumbs to the rules of racism because those racist ideologies are too hard to overcome. Throughout the play, Troy is perpetually confronting the racist social system that displays unspoken
Despite her rough childhood, she grew up to be as good of a mother as she could be to her children. She was a white woman with black children. She never told her children what her life was like, they really didn’t know much about their own mother. It took James until he was fourteen years old to even know what his mother’s maiden name was.