Fences Rose Final Draft Essay

She wanted to keep her family together and in order to accomplish it, she wanted her son Cory and husband Troy to work together on building a fence together so that they would have a father and son bond. She did not accomplish keeping her family together since her husband Troy tells her he had an affair with another woman that he was going to be a father. Also, Troy and Cory did not obtain a chance to finish the fence together since of their constant fights about Cory’s decision on playing sports. Although Rose did not forgive Troy for the affair, she took the responsibility of his daughter. In addition, she let him to not let Cory fulfill his dream of having the scholarship to play football in college. After all, it demonstrates that she was a loyal wife that had a great heart for someone who did not deserve

For instance, Rose is portrayed as a matriarch figure that has held the family together. According to Wilson, the extremely figure exhibited by Rose came in a large part from his mother (Wilson 6). Secondly, the fact that a child figure is introduced in the play is aimed at ensuring that maternity can become a central theme in the play. Wilson has presented the audience with the character of a strong maternal figure, Rose, who not only gives birth to Cory, but also plays the role of a supporting wife to her husband, Troy. She appears to handle all the financial matters in the house, even though she is not in any formal employment outside the homestead. She is in charge of all the cooking, shopping, and washing. She constantly monitors Troy’s finances and scolds him like a mother. Thus, Wilson presents a woman whose maternal roles have superseded her marital roles. It is this behavior that could creates the drift between the two and pushes Troy to start an affair with Alberta. If Rose was the submissive stereotypical woman as some critics portray her, it would not be expected of her to accept the child that her husband brings

Troy tries to subject Rose to his misogynist mentality in his belief that Rose should answer his every demand. A part in the play that exemplifies this is when Troy calls upon Rose, when she doesn’t answer him as soon as he intends her to. He says, “You’re suppose to come when I call you woman!”(Wilson 1.4.21). Troys response to Rose not being there immediately during his time of need verifies his expectation of his wife being of service to him.

As the play develops, we find out that Troy has been unfaithful to Rose with a woman named Alberta who becomes pregnant by him. Rose becomes devastated because she has devoted her whole life to Troy and now she comes to find out that he had been seeing someone else behind her back. A few months go by and Rose gets a call from the hospital about Alberta, she had the baby but she died giving birth. When Rose tells Troy that she died Troy is in shock and walks to the back yard.

You know that now. I take my pay and I give it to you”. “I don’t have no money but what you give me back”.” I just want to have a little time to myself”...a little time to enjoy life”. Troy means that he shed his blood and tears to provide for his family giving rose all of his hard earned money. In Trory’s mind for all of his hard work, Troy feels that he deserves to cheat on Rose with Alberta. Troy feels an obligation to do so but not knowing his mistakes were coming to an end as he gets Alberta pregnant and his family begins to break up. Troy” what time you gonna be home?”. Rose” ain’t no need of you watching me Troy”. Rose then becomes involved with church more and taking care of Raynell. Troy didn’t pay attention to when Rose wanted him to come home now it’s the opposite.

Rose’s resentment of her parents’ infidelity and her inability to forgive them leads to conflict with Troy over his unfaithfulness. When Troy tells Rose that he is about to become a father Rose is angry not just because Troy cheated on her, but because she “ain’t never wanted no half nothing in my family.” Growing up, “everybody got different fathers and mothers… my two sisters and my brother. Can’t hardly tell who’s who. Can’t never sit down and talk about Papa and Mama. It’s your papa and mama and my papa and mama.”(68) She felt that it disrupted the unity of her family growing up and does not want to inflict the same conflict on her children. She said “I ain’t never wanted that for none of my children and now you wanna drag your behind in here and tell me something like this” (68). However

            It is hard for Troy to live in the present having one foot in the past and one in the future.  Hence, the relationship between him, his wife and son becomes complicated.  He doesn?t realize that times have changed and black men have more rights than before.  Gradually, the relationship between Troy, Rose and Cory starts to deteriorate.  Troy starts to cheat on his wife.  His sexual infidelity and a subsequent child by another woman destroy his marriage with Rose.  Nonetheless, he doesn?t abandon his family, everyday he goes to work and at the end of the week he gives his pay to Rose.  Moreover, he doesn?t deny his daughter from another woman, and begs Rose to help him take care of her.  He says, ?? I?d appreciate it if you?d help me take care of her.?  The relationship between him and

The members of the family that makes the most effort to keep the family level is Troy?s wife, Rose. The narrator tells us that Rose is a gentle woman. She cares a great deal for her family and her husband, despite the challenge of making her home a positive environment under the strains of a man with such impossible qualities. The author explains her reasons for enduring Troy by saying that ? her devotion to him stems from her recognition of the possibilities of her life without him: a succession of abusive men and their babies, a life of partying and running the streets, the Church, or aloneness with its attendant pain and frustration? (526; I, 1). In light of the fact that Troy is a good man and provides for their family in a way of his duty, Rose loves and supports him and ?either ignores or forgives his faults, only some of which she recognizes? (526; I, 1). Despite his love and respect for his wife, Troy acts extremely disrespectfully towards Rose. Due to the lack of love and respect that Troy was shown as a boy, he does not know feelings to his family. He talks down to his wife as if she were a child, while at the same time he declares his love for her to his friend, Bono. Troy?s fault, however, in declaring his love for his wife and family. He says, ?I love Rose? (555; II, 1), but when the time comes for him to show his love, he only disrespects her. When Rose asks Troy what he and Bono are talking about one

Troy's then made his life revolve around work and his family; he put his dreams of becoming a major league baseball player aside. He went into working and became a garbage man; he realized that he needed a steady income to provide for his family and to purchase the house that they live in. Even in the work place Troy wants to excel and make a stand for himself, talking to the commissioner about being a driver of one of the garbage trucks. Troy argued for blacks to drive the garbage trucks, but he doesn't know how to drive or even have a license. Troy acts out to try and better his black community and to try and break the barrier between whites and blacks. When Troy confronts Rose about his affair with Alberta, Rose becomes very angry with Troy. Rose is a stronger person than Troy, despite what she lets him think. She makes this extremely apparent when Troy tells her about the affair. "All of a sudden it's "we," where was "we" at when you was down there rolling around with some god forsaken woman? "We" should have come to an understanding before you started making a damn fool of yourself. You're a day late and a dollar short when it comes to an understanding with me." Troy realizes that the affair causes much disrespect to his wife and family. One day while visiting his wife Rose, they receive a call at the

She is a housewife. She can't do much in her life because of how she's married. Rose has her own dreams, but she keeps them as a boundary by only focusing on trying to be the best wife and mother she can be. She builds a fence to keep her family together. However things change for her, when she learns about Troy's affair. She starts feeling devastated. She tells Troy, "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. Don't you think I ever wanted other things?" (44). Rose maintained her relationship for eighteen years and has never done anything wrong to mess it up. She sacrificed everything for Troy and her kids, but she never cared or stood up for herself. In order for Rose to survive, she should learn to follow her own

Next, Troy is never home with his wife, Rose, or his daughter, Raynell. They don’t get the quality time with Troy as

I personally believe that her statement is absolutely right because Troy betrays everyone but never himself. He does what he thinks is right to him and does not concern himself with anyone else’s ideas. Such as he shows no love to his son and in return his son just wants to make his father proud or for instance when he cheats on his wife because he has needs and wants but he does not think about he wants and needs. Overall Rose seems to feel as if she has been betrayed by the man she has stood by for so

Rose does not want to take Troy back in but after persuading Rose she says, “You can’t visit the sins of the father upon the child”(Wilson 79). This is supposed to show how Rose does not forgive Troy for what he has done, but she does not want the girl to live without a mother. This shows how Rose no longer wants to be loyal to Troy, but is stuck with him because of his obligation to mother this girl. Rose later explains to Cory after Troy dies what his actions were like. Rose says, “He wasn’t always right.

and then there is Raynell. She appears at the end of the play, and is the daughter of Troy

Troy tries explaining why he has cheated and Rose says, “I been standing with you! I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years