¶ … Fences & Topdog/Underdog
The course of dramatic literature reveals truths of the human condition. Drama is a study of human nature, its tendencies and reactions, its inner-most thoughts. Every play chooses as its theme various facets of humanity to study in various contexts, and some explore multiple ideas, indeed, the more, the richer the play. Take, for example, Fences by August Wilson, and Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, each of which deals with the central theme of how people's hopes and dreams affect the way they live and the people they become. The theme of hopes and dreams that runs through these two plays dictates the life-progress of brothers Lincoln and Booth in Topdog/Underdog, and also of Troy and his son Cory in Fences.
In Topdog/Underdog, Suzan-Lori Parks seems to criticize the human need to have dreams by showing the negative effect these dreams have on the characters who hold them. The eldest brother, Lincoln, was at one time living out his dream of running 3-card monte hustles on the streets daily, making large sums of money. He was "the best anyone ever seen. Coast to coast," (Parks 55). He was so good that he never lost. Just when he was feeling the end of his career coming, when he felt like he was going to step down with honor, it was stopped short abruptly when his colleague, Lonny, was shot. The American Dream that "Link the Stink" held onto (Parks 55) may have been profitable, but eventually it led to the demise of his friend. Even after the homicide, the dream of success in 3-card monte held fast in Lincoln's mind, despite his attempts to bury it and not to "touch thuh cards" (Parks 17). This dream held so fast, even, that years later he was tempted to pick up the cards again and try his skills. The cards trapped him, and he was successful,...
Fences" August Wilson The Influence of Sports in Fences Sports is one of the principle motifs in Fences, a play written by August Wilson, and is utilized to facilitate the other themes that this work of drama explores. The protagonist, Troy Maxson (Gilmore), is a former Negro leagues baseball player who is still attempting to reconcile his attempts at a career in professional baseball with the fact that he was not
Fences" August Wilson Breaking Out: Autonomous Independence in Fences One of the principle characters of August Wilson's play entitled Fences is Cory Maxson, whose role as the son of the play's protagonist, Troy Maxson (Gilmour 2010), is fairly integral to the thematic issues that the author chooses to demonstrate within this dramatic work. As one of Troy's several sons, Cory represents the distinct ideology that is fairly endemic to all parents
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