Fences by August Wilson is a play about an African American family living in the 1950s that has to deal with disadvantages due to racism during their time. In Fences, August Wilson uses different types of fences as metaphors to resemble the way they affect life. One type of fence that August Wilson uses as a metaphor is the fence that Troy builds around his yard. ... Troy tells Corey to get the saw and cut wood for the fence. ... In Fences, August Wilson uses fences to represent how they protect people or block people from what they are trying to do. ...

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August Wilson: Boundaries and Life. August Wilson writes the dramatic play entitled "Fences- with extensive use of metaphors to represent human situations in a perspective uniquely held by a black man, yet complicated by many other factors in life. ... Troy responds, "What you worried about what we getting into for? ... You can't tell me nothing about death. ... Bono tells Troy and Cory, "Some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in. ...

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Rose in Wilson's Fences August Wilson is a famous playwrite who is known for writing the African American experience. ... One of his well to date play's is fences. ... Loving, caring and understanding is all what August Wilson incorporated in the character Rose of fences. Rose in August Wilson's fences is a character that remains a strong woman for her family despite her husbands believes and infidelity. ... Such as when her husband Troy tells his exaggerated near death experience, Rose responds by saying "Every time troy tells a story h...

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Rose in Wilson's Fences August Wilson's is a famous playwrite who is known for writing the African American experience. ... One of his well to date play's is Fences. ... Loving, caring and understanding is all what August Wilson incorporated in the character Rose of fences. Rose in August Wilson's fences is a character that remains a strong woman for her family despite her husbands believes and infidelity. ... Such as when her husband Troy tells his exaggerated near death experience, Rose responds by saying "Every time troy ...

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FENCES: Analysis of its Symbolism August Wilson, the author of the profound drama, "Fences", goes to extraordinary heights when creating a symbolic idea behind the fence built in this drama. ... Wilson depicts one main character, Troy Marxson as having "fence like" attributes towards family and friends. ... See now ..I"m gonna tell you what I"m gonna do. ... I"m gonna build me a fence around what belongs to me. ... (Wilson 77) What's quoted simply sums up everything. ...

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In the way the main character Troy impacts his family, August Wilson provides an Insightful look into the culture and history of 1950's black America. ... "Fences" is a lesson of hope. ... (Wilson, 86). ... (Wilson, 58). ... Cory: Don't tell me that , Mama. ...

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When August Wilson wrote his play, Fences, he was writing a play about the things that keep people apart. ... I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna take and build me a fence around what belongs to me. ... Misconceptions of a different kind are what fuel another form of separation that is examined in Fences. ... Throughout the play, the character of Troy helps August Wilson explore a number of different kinds of separation. ...

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Dream On One important theme in the play Fences is dreams, and what different people do about their specific dreams. ... After Alberta dies having the baby, August Wilson specifically tells us that Troy is "speaking with a quiet rage that threatens to consume him-. ... This is an important point in Fences and is the dream that is closest to "sagging like a heavy load-. Although not every part of Fences seems to use "Harlem- as a base, it is obvious that August Wilson knew of Langston Hughes' earlier work. There are many parallels between the two works, and Fences draws off many o...

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The mother of this young girl tells her daughter she is not allowed to go "and march in the streets" because it is unsafe (1-5). ... She instead tells her daughter to go to church where the mother feels it is safe. ... For example, in the play Fences by August Wilson the father uses positive discipline when punishing his son, Cory, for defying him. ... Parents want their children to grow up with a strong sense of what is right and wrong. ... Children are the future; not only what it will be but how it will be experienced. ...

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African American Literature is a composite of many different life stories and experiences African Americans have had to endure throughout a lifetime. From African American Heritage, which goes all the way back to literature written by African's who were brought to America as slaves up to now (which ...

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