different ways‚ but one man remains constant during the play and that is Troy. Due to certain events that transpired as he was growing up‚ Troy is shaped into a very stubborn yet proud man. To be a man who was black and proud ran the risk of getting destroyed‚ both physically and mentally. The world of the 1950s and 60s was rapidly changing and grew strange to Troy as he was living in a place that he understood less and less each day. Troy grows bitter through his misconceptions of the world and lives a
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August Wilson’s: “Fences” In “Fences”‚ August Wilson tells the story of an ex-negro league baseball hero‚ Troy Maxon. Troy is a bitter man‚ withering away in his own hatred for the way things “are”‚ as well as his inability to see the world has changed. Troy has an “iron grip” on his family in the beginning‚ however as the story progresses the family breaks loose of the physical and emotional ties that are holding
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Literature 23rd November 2015 Fences The play Fences centers on Troy Maxson‚ the father of the family‚ and his relationship with his family members‚ his mistress and his friend Bono. The play is not only about the personal conflicts between the family‚ but also social conflict between the society and the individual‚ especially for African Americans. The struggle takes place between Troy and his son‚ Cory who was a high school football star. Troy is against his son’s wish to become an athletic star because
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Troy ’s characters as a tragic hero in Fences Troy is one of the main character in the play Fences by August Wilson. He is the provider for the family‚ a fatherly figure‚ a husband‚ and a hard worker among other things. However he is also a cheat‚ a womanizer‚ a strict man‚ an unloving father and an unreasonable man. The question is despite the characters pros and cons‚ how is he a hero‚ especially a tragic one. The play is sad in a sense that there is a sad past‚ sad present and perhaps a
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man by the name of Troy Maxson‚ who undoubtedly is the major character of the play‚ who is struggling to make ends meet for his family. The family lived in a poverty struck home were they dealt with domestic dispute‚ infidelity‚ and embezzlement of money. The opening scene starts on a Friday evening with Troy and his best friend Bono. Friday nights are they drinking nights‚ and so Troy retells the story of how he fought death as death wanted to over throw him but he succeeded Troy Maxson declares‚
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Troy ’s Battle with Anger Conflicts and tensions between family members and friends are key elements in August Wilson ’s play‚ Fences. The main character‚ Troy Maxon‚ has struggled his whole life to be a responsible person and fulfill his duties in any role that he is meant to play. In turn‚ however‚ he has created conflict through his forbidding manner. The author illustrates how the effects of Troy ’s stern upbringing cause him to pass along a legacy of bitterness and anger which creates tension
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Troy has a low expectation of what black men can do with their lives‚ and is holding his sons back from obtaining successes that Troy could only dream about obtaining. Lyons is ambitious talented jazz musician. Lyons jazz playing appears to Troy as an unconventional and foolish occupation. In the beginning of Fences‚ Lyons comes to Troy to borrow ten dollars because he girlfriend Bonnie has a job working at the hospital
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exists to adorn and enrich‚ not to create an artificial sense of profundity.”-Stephen King. August Wilson’s play‚ “Fences”‚ explores an African American family dealing with poverty‚ segregation‚ racism etc. in the late 1950s. The play narrows in on Troy Maxson‚ an African American man who had trouble facing the harsh reality of not fulfilling his dream of playing baseball. Throughout the play‚ Wilson created a remarkable imagery of his main characters building a fence surrounding their house. The
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It was an exciting time during the first few exications of the Troy cite‚ and it seemed like new artifacts in suppot of Troy the city seemed to be growing every day. The finding however was no where near enough evidence to laitamize the Trojan War. In spite of these discoveries proving that Troy existed‚ the actualities of the fabeled War were still waiting to be reckoned with. The Problem with people accepting Homers account of a Trojan War is because of the additions and interjectins in the epic
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because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy since the city had very strong walls and the Greeks began to realize they were unable to defeat the Trojans. The plan was to build a huge‚ hollow‚ wooden horse that was filled with Greeks soldiers
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