Essays on Fences

August Wilson was a prolific and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, who created ten masterful plays that illustrated and dramatized the African-American experience throughout the twentieth century; one play for each decade. The most famous of those plays was “Fences”. “Fences” portrays an accurate depiction of…

Fences by August Wilson tells the story of Troy Maxson, an extremely memorable character in American playwriting. He embodies the average black man of the 1950s. He is hardworking and ultimately puts his feelings aside for the sake of others, that might seem contradictory at…

Comparative Literature Essay Authors consistently use character foils in their novels to further develop their characters’ traits and to deepen the reader’s knowledge and understanding of the major characters and themes. In both To Kill A Mockingbird and Fences the authors use character foils. In…

The Ninth Inning August Wilson paints an engaging story with intricate characters in his play, ‘Fences’. The seven (speaking) characters are bursting with unique personalities, which directly affect each other’s lives. The protagonist, Troy Maxson, and the ultimate antagonist, Death, have a few encounters, which…

Tragic Character? Sometimes in life we feel that we are at the peak of our greatness. We feel empowered and that nothing can stand in our way, but because of mistakes and circumstances we crumble and fall. This is an example of what happened to…

A Destroyed American Fantasy The American Dream consists of an ideal that individuals make a bargain with life in America; so long as an individual works hard, America will present avenues to economic success and social respect. The American Dream represents an idealistic country where…