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    As with most works of literature‚ the title Fences is more than just a title. It could be initially noted that there is only one physical fence being built by the characters onstage‚ but what are more important are the ideas that are being kept inside and outside of the fences that are being built by Troy and some of the other characters in Fences. The fence building becomes quite figurative‚ as Troy tries to fence in his own desires and infidelities. Through this act of trying to contain his desires

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    The Significance of the title‚ “Fences”‚ and how it relates to the characters. Many people tend to over look family and relationship problems. May people sit around and watch the struggles‚ the drama‚ and the happiness of relationships built and destroyed. Not many people can understand the circumstances or the thoughts of the people involved in the “tragedies’ or the “fantasy”. Troy‚ Cory‚ and Rose express the deepest problems or “fences” throughout the most of the scenes. The emotion given off

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    SUMMARY OF THE FENCE The setting is reflective of the kind of characters and the situation they would be in.  The nipa huts look desolate and empty‚ reflective of how their occupants behave and feel for each other.  They have no neighbors and yet the need for each other seems remote and distant. Hatred overrules. They are most afraid one of them would give way. The building of the fence seems necessary to protect themselves from each other.  Hatred comes from a betrayal-- when Aling Biang

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    Hossain Symbolism of the “Fence” August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply due to the melodramatic actions that take place in the Maxson household‚ but rather the relationships that bond and break because of the “fence”. The “fence” serves as a structural device because the character’s lives are constantly changing during the construction of the fence. The dramatic actions in the play strongly depend on the building of the fence in the Maxson’s backyard. Fences represents the metaphorical

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    sure many African Americans could relate to and what others wanted to know. They talked about their feelings which and everyday life. As time went on‚ they passed away‚ but their poetry remained for many years. In the 1950’s‚ there was a play named: Fences by August Wilson. The play was about growing up being an African American. The play talks about how Negros couldn’t drive garbage trucks and how one man can make an opening for other African Americans. The poetry written during the Harlem Renaissance

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    play Fences? The author August Wilson uses the symbol of a “fence” in his play Fences throughout numerous occasions. Three of the most important occasions fences are symbolized in the play are by Rose and Troy’s relationship‚ Troy and Cory’s relationship‚ as well as Troy versus Death. Throughout the play‚ characters create “fences” symbolically and physically to be protected or to protect. Examples such as‚ Rose protecting herself from Troy‚ and Troy protecting himself from Death. Fences focuses

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    In August Wilson’s “Fences”‚ Troy is a father and husband who make’s the worse decision from human imperfection‚ to commit adultery and become mixed up in another relationship. By noticing the racial tension in the late nineteen fifties‚ in combination with Troy’s past life experiences and the events that play out in each act‚ one can not understand Troy’s choice to commit adultery. This situation is clearly emphasized in Fences with Troy’s dissatisfaction about life. Troy was both a victim of his

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    Metaphors You can never fully get away from using metaphors in your life. We use them everyday without knowing it‚ which is why I agree with Robert Frost. The use of metaphors is so common when we speak or write‚ we sometimes don’t even notice and that’s the beauty of it. It’s so easy to use and it can make a conversation or writing much more exciting. When Robert Frost says : You don’t know how much

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    English 1302 Dr. Hawley 5/9/2013 Herbert’s Metaphors George Herbert wrote the poems: “Alter” and “Windows” that have a good use of metaphor throughout each poem. Herbert has a good use of metaphor in these two poems that greatly enhances the meaning of them both. The metaphors used have affect over the connotation and the denotation of the adjectives and the analogies that are made with the use of the metaphors “Alter” has a great use of metaphor in not only the words but also the shape of the

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    A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is‚ on some point of comparison‚ the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile. In simpler terms‚ a metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as". One of the most prominent examples

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