Hannah BerookhimProfessor C. DavisEnglish 2, Section 415114 May 2014Essay No. 3 – DramaFences, a play first published by August Wilson in 1986, is an exploration of the relationships and individuals within a black family living in the United States shortly before the start of the rights movement civilians. The story focuses on Troy Maxson and his family's struggle to make ends meet, as each person's emotions and desires threaten to tear them apart from each other as well. In the two acts that make up the show, readers and viewers learn a lot about Troy and Rose Maxson and their children. As a young man, Troy was a great baseball player, but missed the opportunity to take his talents to the professional level due to racial discrimination. Events like this put Troy's character to the test, and he becomes a hardened man, with important unresolved psychological problems that have repercussions on his adulthood and family life. Luckily for Troy's children, his wife Rose has a kinder and more caring nature than her husband, and when their situation worsens, she takes matters into her own hands. The two opposing personalities of Troy and Rose are the forces that push the show forward, and it is for their dreams and actions that the show is named. In some ways, the fence that Troy has strived to complete resembles the family that, over the years, he has neglected; equally, both are things Rose asked him to pay more attention to. In another sense, the fence is symbolic of a metaphorical barrier: for Troy it is a barrier between his world at home and what he wants to keep away, and for Rose it is a barrier between the world and what he wants to keep away. stay protected. The title represents various aspects...... middle of the card ...... for the gates of heaven to open for his father. First, he tries blowing a trumpet as a form of announcement, but when the trumpet blows and no sound comes out, he starts dancing. The dance intensifies until a bright light shines on the stage, just as the sun would when it shines from the sky, Gabriel feels that he is successful, that his father has been accepted and forgiven for all sins, and the show ends. “Some people build fences to keep people out…and other people build fences to keep people in.” (2.1.30) Without thinking too much, it seems obvious to the viewer where the title comes from; Troy and Cory are building the fence near their dilapidated house and it is completed by the end of the show. Even so, it goes beyond the physical representation and becomes something of great figurative importance, tying together a story of love, turmoil, forgiveness and loneliness..