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    the fence mean? In reality‚ people have certain things that they carry around or have in their homes that will give them what they need to be in a comforting state of mind. In the play Fences by August Wilson‚ this item happens to literally be a partially built fence around a dirt yard with a raggedy looking house in the center of it. Each family member sees the fence a little differently and provides a certain symbolic perspective on what it has to do with their family. Cory‚ who is Troy and Rose’s

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    August Wilson’s Fences The immigration of Africans to America as slaves has had a great effect to many things including literature. Despite their experiences in this foreign land‚ they brought with them a different culture that had not been experienced in the American society. The stories and experiences of African-Americans have seen authors write books and plays being staged with large audiences. This is due to the different but almost similar

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    Father-Child Relationships in Hamlet and Fences In both William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and August Wilson’s Fences‚ the emphasis placed on parent-child relationship is vital‚ as family plays an important role in developing a character’s values as well as his or her upbringing does. While Ophelia‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet show loyalty to their fathers unconditionally‚ Cory‚ even though looks up Troy as a figure‚ eventually exhibits disrespect to him. The relationship that Ophelia shares with her father

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    In the play‚ Fences by August Wilson‚ the main character Troy is a very bitter man. Troy blames the white people for why he could not get ahead in life. Troy wanted to play baseball but the reason he could not because he says‚ “ I wasn’t the right color” ( Wilson). I believe that there are other factors that limit Troy from getting ahead. Poverty is one factor that keeps Troy stuck because he repeatedly talks about‚ “ having a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of” (Wilson 28). Other factors

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    Isaac Jenkins Campbell English III AP 9 September 2011 Critical Review Fences by August Wilson is a book based on the lives of an African American family in the 1950’s. Each family member has to deal with the other in their own ways. A father‚ Troy‚ that hasn’t gone far in his life takes his frustration out on the people that are closest to him. The book brings out the reality of a regular black man living with heartaches and regrets. It explains that there aren’t only two kinds of black

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    Fences A father and son relationship always goes through it’s ups and downs. With two males under the same roof‚ the battle for power as alpha male is the inevitable to occur. Some boys have a strong relationship with the father consisting of communication‚ understanding and a lot of support. Some of these boys don’t have the luxury of being able to sit down and speak their mind to their father without debate. A normal family picture consists of a father who works‚ has a great relationship with

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    between the movie “Troy” and the poem “Iliad” and the explanation of why they occurred? The film Troy which is directed by Wolfgang Peterson has been deeply influenced by the epic poem‚ the Iliad. This work is generally credited to the Ancient Greek poet named Homer. Both the film and the poem have the same ending plots‚ such as the blockade of Troy by the Greeks‚ the disagreement between the warrior Achilles and the king Agamemnon and these actions started when the prince of Troy Paris who took the

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    Power for women in America in the 1950s was a different for women than in present day. The plays Fences by August Wilson and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ examines two different women from different social classes and races. Despite these women having vastly different pasts‚ there are some similarities in the role they play in their families and marriages and the way their power is important to the storylines of the two plays in relation to the other characters. Stella and Rose

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    I would have considered him a good father. In August Wilson’s Fences‚ Troy’s relationship with his son Cory is of a convoluted and protective nature‚ with neither of them knowing how to properly express their love to each other and in turn causing strife. The decisions that Troy makes on Cory’s behalf define their relationship throughout the play. When Troy and his wife Rose are discussing Cory’s possible football opportunity‚ Troy explains‚ “I don’t want him to be

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