As illustrative of the kind of analysis I would bring to Fences, by August Wilson, if my bid to direct is successful, O prose to take direction for a part of Act 1, Scene 3 of the play. This will include possible blocking, camera work, music, and what the actor should be feeling and experiencing while acting the part. I will examine how crucial it is that the actors portray their characters effectively, and I will offer commentary to assure just that. On the basis of these findings I will determine the function of this scene in the whole play and how the characters and ensuing events of play are necessarily different because of the presence of this scene and the manner in which its conflicts are resolved. To set the scene, Troy and Cory …show more content…
*Troy is a little taken back from this loaded question his son has proposed to him, but instead of feeling compassion, he starts to rant and start an outburst* TROY. (after another pause) Liked you? Who the hell say I got to like you? What law is there say I got to like you? Wanna stand up in my face and ask a damn fool-ass question like that. Talking about liking somebody. Come here, boy, when I talk to you. -camera shifts as Cory has begun to distance himself from his father, but snaps back into his father’s grip as he gravitates back toward Troy to listen to his rant. Cory should seem as he is starting to regret asking this question- TROY. Straighten up, god dammit! I asked you a question … what law is there say I go to like you? CORY. (coldly, as if one is responding to a monotonous interactive children’s TV show ) None. TROY. Well, all right then! Don’t you eat every day? (short pause, Troy does not mean to pose a rhetorical question, wants Cory to answer, but he does not) Answer me when I talk to you! Don’t you eat every day? CORY. (coldly, this time almost bitter and blunt) Yeah. TROY. (fed up with Cory’s disrespect and tone) Nigger, as long as you in my house, you put that sir on the end of it when you talk to me. CORY. (this time, a little mockingly) Yes… sir. TROY. (hammering his point across into Cory’s head) You eat every day. CORY. (now in a marine like tone, but still mockingly, Troy does not pick up on it) Yessir! TROY. Got a roof
After finding out about Troy's affair, Cory stands up to his father in order to protect his mother during an altercation between Troy and Rose. Troy nearly hits Cory, but he is able to stop himself before threatening Cory by saying, "You better stay away from me, boy" (72). Cory and Troy's relationship following this incident is practically nonexistant until the time of their last fight. During that fight, after two months of staying out of his father's way, Cory has finally had enough of Troy's verbal abuse and once again stands up to him. This quarrel ends with Troy nearly hitting Cory with a baseball bat, but he is once again able to stop
Due to the fact that Troy does not want Cory to play sports sets a boundary between the two of them. On page 5 Troy tells Cory “I told that boy a bot that football stuff. The white man ain’t gonna let him go nowhere with that football.” Troy does not want Cory to play football because he feels like he will not get anywhere with it. Another thing that puts a fence between Cory and Troy is jealousy. Troy is jealous of Cory because he actually has a chance to live out his dream and play a sport. When Troy was young and he played baseball it was back in the time of racism so he could not make it to the major baseball league like he wanted to even though he was a great player. On page 27, Cory says to Troy “Just cause you didn’t have a chance! You just scared I’m gonna be better than you, that’s all.” The relationship between Cory and his father is not very good. This could be because Troy is jealous of his son for getting a chance to do something that he could not. This could also be because Troy loves his son very much and does not want to see Cory get his feelings hurt if he does not make it where he wants to with playing
On Troy's payday, Bono shows up unexpectedly. Troy and Bono acknowledge how each man made good on his bet about the fence and the refrigerator. Troy insists that Cory leave the house and provide for himself. Cory brings up Troy's recent failings with Rose. Cory points out that the house and property, from which Troy is throwing Cory out, should actually be owned by Gabriel whose government checks paid for most of the mortgage payments. Troy physically attacks Cory. Troy kicks Cory out of the house for good. Cory leaves. Troy swings the baseball bat in the air, taunting Death.
Finally, Troy continues to talk about his work and attributions to their family unit. He starts to use short, concise sentences again to make it very clear what he does and why he does it. He says “It’s my job. It’s my responsibility!...You my flesh and blood...I owe a responsibility to you!” He is talking to his son in the simplest terms he can so his son knows that this is his point. Troy mentions his boss, Mr. Rand. He says that Mr. Rand does not pay him because he likes him but
Troy’s personality is very conservative. He is an angry man who has been a victim of racial violence and allowed his bitterness to become a barrier to new opportunities that opened at this time. As a child Troy wanted out of his abusive father’s relationship. His father barely looked after his 11 children and had always puts himself first before anyone else. Instead, young Troy escapes north to Pittsburg ending himself in jail due to theft, which is where he meets his ace
Cory is very aware that his father is envious of his athletic accomplishments. Troy also has no respect for Lyons and he does not support his dream to be a musician.
Behind every literary piece is hidden meanings and figures the author strategically hides between the lines of their works. In the play Fences by August Wilson, many symbols and themes hide between the lines in order to make this an amazing drama. One main symbol in this play is the fence being built throughout the storyline. The fence within the story represents the walls that arise between characters, the security Rose wants for her family, and the mending of relationships after Troy’s death.
Where Cory has aspirations of playing football, Troy says that he must continue with his more practical job at the A&P.
Rose does all she can to keep Troy in good situations and not let him make a fool of himself. “Troy what is wrong with you this
One of the differences that complicate their relationship is that they have grown up in completely different time periods. A great deal has happened between the times when Troy was growing to the time period that Cory is growing up in. This issue itself causes many other concerns. For instance, Cory is a very talented athlete. He would like to play football in college and would probably receive a scholarship
attempt to join the Major Leagues. Rose states on page 39 “Troy, why don’t you admit you was
Troy Maxon. Troy is a bitter man, withering away in his own hatred for the way things
Lyons, the first born son to Troy, the step-son to Rose, and the half-brother to Cory. Gabriel,
August Wilson’s play Fences brings an introspective view of the world and of Troy Maxson’s family and friends. The title Fences displays many revelations on what the meaning and significance of the impending building of the fence in the Maxson yard represents. Wilson shows how the family and friends of Troy survive in a day to day scenario through good times and bad. Wilson utilizes his main characters as the interpreters of Fences, both literally and figuratively. Racism, confinement, and protection show what Wilson was conveying when he chose the title Fences.
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffd Troy Maxson’s father-son relationship is anything but desirable. The harder Cory works to better himself, the lower the moral between Cory and Troy becomes. Cory excels in football and is given the opportunity by recruits to go to college by playing football for the school. Troy refuses to sign the papers to allow Cory to be recruited because of a fear