focused on fitting in with their society‚ the Maxson family is doing the exact opposite while Troy is ignoring the truth that society is accepting African-Americans as equal. We can see the main source of the negative outcomes of these plays coming from the role of the man in the household. While these two men have these flaws‚ these plays speak to the possibility being tragedies. Willy Loman as well as Troy Maxson each have their own flaws that complicate their households by tearing their family’s
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XXXXXXXXXXX Dr. Philip Phillips European Literature August 10‚ 2010 The Aeneas Model Pietas‚ Latin for pious‚ is a fundamental trait found in Roman history and literature. Virgil’s inclusion of pietas in The Aeneid enables readers to appreciate an essential quality of any admirable Roman. Aeneas‚ the primary character‚ struggles with the implications of this central virtue; however‚ as he walks the paths the gods set for him‚ he personifies the essence of piety and thus portrays the quintessential
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reason to fight. A Greek warrior is said to care about one thing‚ fame. After a warrior’s death‚ his name is carried on and remembered. Achilles fought for this and because of pride and greed. Hector fought because he knew he had to lead the people of Troy. Achilles had the type of character where if he was going to die in battle‚ he would want to be remembered. He would want his name to be carried on throughout history. Achilles was greedy and not only wanted to be remembered‚ but to battle for prizes
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affected the story‚ when Agamemnon dishonored him‚ he killed hector‚ and when he dishonored hector after his death. As I have said Achilles was dishonored by Agamemnon. Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Achaean (Greek) armies at Troy‚ and also the king of Troy. So Agamemnon had taken a woman named Chryseis as his slave. Her father Chryses‚ a priest of Apollo‚ begged Agamemnon to return her to him. Agamemnon refused and her father prayed to Apollo to help him get his daughter back. Apollo sent
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Troy does not convince the audience about the meaning of office dress code today because he neglects to establish his credibility by telling the audience where he works. The only thing the audience knows about him is his foundation‚ which is Troy Alexander Project‚ a fashion and lifestyle focused blog. Although‚ Heather Pool used ethos to appeal to her audience‚ she was more credible and reliable than Troy Alexander and know the importance of dress code
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We can see that troy struggled to do his roles and duties as father to his son and husband to his wife. We can easy say that Troy did not do such a great job in either role‚ right before his death his family has everything they wanted but also disintegration since all the failures that troy did in the past. However‚ at the end of the play that his family has also matured by due to his example. Fences depicts
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family of Troy and Rose Maxson as they struggle to live through the hardships they are faced with during this period of segregation and racism. Accepting imperfections that are caused by power and privilege proves to be complicated for those such as the Maxsons who society has oppressed. The American dream plays as the imperfect promise of success; only if one accepts that the dream has a limit on its possibilities can he or she not be destroyed by anger towards the faulty promises. Troy Maxson‚
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now. Fences follows Troy Maxon‚ a middle aged black man‚ who is married to Rose‚ and has three children‚ each from different women. Troy is enraged that‚ being an African American‚ he Mauro 2 can’t drive the garbage trucks at work-even though he cannot read‚ and doesn’t even have his driver’s license. He doesn’t seem to be a bad person‚ at heart. He gives Lyons‚ his son from his first marriage‚ money whenever he asks‚ but the money does not come without a price. Troy complains to Lyons that
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criminals who say “the devil made me do it“. I still think jack Daniels speaks louder for Troy. Almost as soon as he disappeared he reappeared‚ but 12 gauges heftier this time. As I heard the glass door shatter behind me‚ I dropped to my knees and crawled what seemed like a football field to the safety inside my abode. The gunshots seemed as if they could be heard around the world. Out of my peripherals I noticed Troy was now inside: “Put that mattress against the wall!” he yelled still high from the
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from North Carolina.” (Act One‚ Scene 3‚ pg 35). In other words‚ He asking Troy to sign his scholarship to go to college. This indicates that He is good enough to get a scholarship but his dad doesn’t let him play football. The impact of this is that they got into a argument and were mad at eachother. Troy says “First you gonna get your butt down there to the A&P and get your job.” (Act One‚ Scene 3‚ pg 36). Accordingly‚ Troy thinks that cory can do is just work. This implies that he rather have cory
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