Journal – Drama Part II 1. What is your reaction to this week’s play: "Fences"? My reaction is that Troy Maxson has made a lot of mistakes in his life‚ but finally has settled on the right track. He has a wonderful wife‚ a son‚ and a steady job. But when Troy’s son brings home a request that causes him to look back and dwell on the bitter racism in his unfulfilled past‚ Troy’s stable life takes a downward spiral. As the Maxson family loses contact with each other and relationships change in the blink
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Troy blames himself for not being able to teach his son on how to become a better adult. This is the reason for Troy giving Lyon anything that he ask for even though Troy wants him to earn it on his own. An example of this is when Lyon ask Troy for ten dollars at the beginning of the play. He wants Lyon to get himself a job that would help him out‚ so he do not have to keep coming to his father for money. On the other hand‚ Cory Maxson get the worst end of the stick. He does not get treated the same
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In the film "Rabbit Proof Fence"‚ the character A.O. Neville is portrayed as a mostly unsympathetic character. The director‚ Phillip Noyce used the technique of camera angles to develop Neville’s character as very authoritative and controlling of the other characters in the movie. The soundtrack‚ particularly the sound effects‚ are also used to develop Neville’s character. He is shown to be very isolated from the suffering of Aborigines and only concerned for rules and regulations. The lighting and
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At Through an analysis of Troy Maxson in August Willson‚ Fences we can conclude that Troy is delayed in building the fence around his yard due to his own internal “fences” that he is faced with through out the play. In the play Troy has several conflicts but behind these conflicts Troy has reasons. This makes Troy turn out to look like as if he is a villain at times due to his primary actions but once you continue the play some of us will come to an understanding that Troy really isn’t a villain but
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the rabbit proof fence it is the Australian aboriginals namely Molly‚ Gracie and Daisy three aboriginal children who have been ripped away from their families and taken and it follows their quest to get home and to gain freedom. In the famous and touching I have a dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr. he explains how he want to achieve freedom and equality for everybody he explains the way it is and the way it should be. To kill a mockingbird by harper Lee‚ rabbit proof fence by Phillip Noyce
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Troy Maxson transforms into a lonely‚ unloved‚ fearful man from his original position as the center of attention in his family and social world. Though he constantly tries to escape his life‚ Troy Maxson tries to engage life and challenge Death because he believes in himself and his convictions‚ however illusionary they may be. Troy begins by confronting his employees about their discriminatory practices‚ he boasts to his best friend Bono and family member that he is not afraid of death and he keeps
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impossible to satisfy anyone’s views on what it means to reach these aesthetics. From reading “Fences” by August Wilson and “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller‚ it is undoubtedly seen how flawed their main characters are. In every aspect of perfection‚ Willy and Troy contradict it with their own despicable personalities and thoughts. Though‚ through all of
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Would troy have been a strong candidate for Branch Rickey’s noble experiment? Troy would have been a strong candidate for Branch Rickey’s noble experiment. From the article it states that the “Noble Experiment was to try and find the perfect blend of character and ability‚ maturity and electricity”. Troy is a black former baseball player‚ who played in the Negro Leagues. He wasn’t able to play professional baseball because when he played they hadn’t broke the color barrier yet and then he was too
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Correspondingly‚ the husband and wives in August Wilson’s Fences and Robert Frost’s “Home Burial” represent the differences between realism and imagination. Rose Maxson views the world in a “realistic” fashion. Rose prefers to look upon the world as it truly is‚ without any pretense. She tells no tall tales and instead accepts the way of the world as is. When her husband recounts a false story‚ she refutes it with fact. For example‚ when Troy tells Bono about his encounter with Death‚ Rose cuts in
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We can see that troy struggled to do his roles and duties as father to his son and husband to his wife. We can easy say that Troy did not do such a great job in either role‚ right before his death his family has everything they wanted but also disintegration since all the failures that troy did in the past. However‚ at the end of the play that his family has also matured by due to his example. Fences depicts the difficult dynamics that both tear families apart
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