Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Fences


“Fences” is a story of the playwright August Wilson in this story Wilson is involving African-American experiences. Fences is about a black man (Troy) that cheating his wife with other woman. She gave born a child of Troy. Six months later, Rose receives a call from the hospital. Troy's baby was a girl, and Alberta has died in childbirth. When Troy comes home with the baby, Raynell, he asks Rose to act as the mother. She agrees to this for the sake of the child, but tells Troy that he is now a "womanless man." Cory returns after years later as a Marine. At first he refuses to come to Troy's funeral, but after Rose admonishes his rebellion and after he and Raynell sing an old song of Troy's, he concedes. Gabriel comes and tries to open the gates of heaven, by blowing on his horn. This fails, and the gates only open when Gabriel does a traditional African dance.

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