It is important to note Troy does not intend on making his son's life difficult nor does he want to make him miserable but he does want him to have a stable job that will allow him to provide for a family. There is also the notion that at the A&P, Cory will escape persecution for being African-American. Troy is attempting to protect his son but what he fails to do is realize that times have changed. A future with football would allow Cory to provide for his family far better than anything he could find in town. Troy cannot see this clearly and because of that, he cannot see how it is literally robbing his son of a bright future single-handedly. By trying to protect his son, Troy is only ensuring his life will be wrought with the same difficulties he had. He is pushing his son away from him, making them more like Troy and his father. All of these things are helping Troy build the perfect fence between him and his son. Fences play also peers into the complexity of relationships. The issues of boundaries and separation extend beyond Troy and Cory. Rose sees the fence in the backyard as a symbol of protection for her family. In its purest form, it is a symbol of love. Troy, however, views it as a burden. Bono stumbles upon a bit of profundity when he says, "Some people build fences to keep people out . . . And some people build fences to keep people in" (1631), Troy does not make the connection and seems content to separate himself from others. Kim Pereira writes that even after surviving his father, Troy still finds himself in a: "similar predicament with his son Cory, with the roles now reversed. The play deals with the pain that psychological separation brings family members as each generation gropes toward...
Here we see how issues must be dealt with in order to move on. Troy holds onto the things that have hurt him in the past. By continuing to do, he only makes the fence more difficult to tear down.
Symbolism in the Hairy Ape The Hairy Ape is an expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill and was produced and published in 1922. It is a symbolic work that deals with the themes of social alienation and search for identity in the presence of technological progress (Cardullo 258). The play speaks to the industrialization that was taking place during that era. In an expressionistic play, the number of characters is kept minimal
The comparison is significant because the poet is pointing out that thee emotions do have the ability to destroy humankind just like these powerful forces of nature. The tone of "Fire and Ice" is significant because of the poet's intention. His understatement, "But if it had to perish twice . . ." (5), indicates that fire has the capacity to destroy quickly just like hate does and destruction by ice
In a metaphorical way, this image is transposed on the image of the woman "showing her teeth." She responds with the symbolic implications that she too is living in a sate of fear and resentment. The reality that Elisa aspires to is again conveyed through the imagery and symbolic of a longing for a better existence. This can be seen when she whispers, "That's a bright direction. There's a glowing
"The drowned face always staring," and "the drowned face sleeps with open eyes" are lines in Rich's poem that correspond with the symbol of drowning as death in Crane's "The Open Boat." The symbol of drowning is that of respect for nature and especially for the power of the ocean over human life. Darkness is another symbol shared in common by these two works of literature. Although Rich's poem has
As Old Dudley slips and falls down a couple steps, he reluctantly requires the aid of an African-American resident. In spite of his distaste for the African-American's demeanor, he must accept his help. Sadly, Old Dudley cannot accept the attitude of racial tolerance, as "the pain in his throat [is] all over his face now, leaking out his eyes." In liberal society, people need help from anyone in order
He hates what he has become and what he does. He confesses that he secretly roots for the Burmese and roots against "their oppressors (335). He admits he is "stuck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible" (335). He is like those in oppression in that he is not free to do what
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