Fences Troy Maxson Character Analysis

Throughout history, there have been people that have a large amount of good and bad things about them; but whether these people are judged as flawed heroes or villains has always been a tough question to answer. In the story, Fences, written by August Wilson was written during the time period between the 1930’s to the 1950’s. Our main character, Troy Maxson, has a lot of things going for him throughout the story and some of which he does not know how to react to correctly. At the end of the play, Troy Maxson dies and is sent to the gates of heaven where he is judges as a villain because it is clearly shown throughout the play that his con’s more than double his pro’s in his life. To show that Troy Maxson was
Throughout the play, every time either of these boys comes into the scene, he always says negative things about them, even if they have done something good. “You was in the neighborhood alright, nigger. You telling the truth there. You was in the neighborhood cause it’s my payday.” States Troy in Act one scene one, assuming from the beginning that all Lyons wants from Troy is money and nothing else. If Troy was more of a loving father, he might offer him to come inside, or give him some money regardless of whether he needed it or not. Instead, Troy proves himself to be the unloving father he is and gives Lyons an extremely hard time and is constantly saying negative remarks about him. Troy not only treats Lyons without any love, but he also treats Cory even worse than Lyons, bringing it to more of a physical kind of confrontation. Towards the end of the play in Act two scene one, Troy is hurting Rose, so Cory steps in and pushes Troy and Troy goes after Cory. The scuffle does not get serious, but this simply shows that Troy has no love for his son at all and simply sees him as another person or a “responsibility” in the