But eventually, Troy's death leaves many negative attributes as an inheritance for his family to sort out and accept. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Characters Troy Maxson. Popular pages: Fences. Take a Study Break. In every way I knew how. You got to guard it closely. I been standing with you! I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you. What about my life?
What about me? That I wanted to lay up somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? You always talking about what you give. But you take too. You take. You swung and you missed. The whole time I was growing up. Papa was like a shadow that followed you everywhere. It weighed on you and sunk into your flesh. That shadow digging in your flesh. Trying to crawl in. Trying to live through you. Everywhere I looked, Troy Maxson was staring back at me.
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Shaped by the effects racism has had on his life—by the struggles it created in his youth and the career ambitions that it thwarted, including his desire to be a baseball player—Troy lives in the shadow of what could, and what should, have been. This inner contrast — which to those around him can feel like hypocrisy — is evident in a variety of ways. Rather, Wilson shows how Troy is the product of historical, racist forces beyond his control; he shows how Troy is a vehicle for these forces, for their reproduction and reinforcement on a new generation.
For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:. Act 1: Scene 1 Quotes. Related Themes: Blackness and Race Relations. Page Number and Citation : 2 Cite this Quote. Explanation and Analysis:. Because of his combative nature, Troy assumes the fence is meant to keep something out. It takes Bono to make Troy see that a fence can have the opposite effect.
Although Troy still loves Rose, after eighteen years of marriage, he takes her for granted. Bono is trying to restore the reverence Troy had for Rose in their early years together.
The devil in his imagination symbolizes the hostility and the cowardice of the racism. In his later life he loses all the love from his family members, friends and brother.
In this play, Death represents the obstacles keeping Troy from happiness. The demand of complete obedience and his authoritative stance reflects a sense of uncertainty in his own life, a fear of his own being in the world. Troy is a hypocrite. He is so much of the idea that his loved ones, his wife, and children, live the life that is practical and responsible.
This is quite contradictive since he affords for himself to have an extramarital affair. Troy tells both the audience and Lyons and Bono about his past in Act I scene 4, which includes the story of how he came to be put in prison due to the accidental murder of somebody he was trying to rob when he was going through a very difficult stage of his life. Troy finally admits to Bono that he is indeed having an affair with Alberta. Rose still loves Troy, but felt and dealt with the pain that Troy brought after the affair and wants to show her children that Troy was still good after all the mistakes.
What does Troy want Cory to learn in order to make a living? Troy wants Cory to learn how to fix cars or something else, where he can make a living. Troy wants Cory to grow up and become independent and think for himself. Troy has been working hard everyday for his family, so he has nothing else to give her at this moment. As Troy and Bono talk, we learn that Troy filed a complaint with Mr.
Rand through the union about the fact that all the garbage-truck-driving positions are filled by white men, while black men are only assigned to carry garbage. Because of his combative nature, Troy assumes the fence is meant to keep something out. It takes Bono to make Troy see that a fence can have the opposite effect. Why does Troy feel guilty about owning a house?
He needs money for the roof.
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