Literary Devices Used In The Play Fences

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Have you ever read a book then thought about why the book was made and what things effected on the making of the book? Or even thought about how the setting has affected the story and what symbols were shown that would lead to the conflict? In the play fences there are many literary elements that have affected the play. For instance the theme of the play Fences is the one you least expect to hurt you will hurt you the most. All of the characters have affected on how the story began to how it ended also. Without the right setting of the play it wouldn't have became popular like it is now.The play also had many symbols especially the fence. The theme of the play Fences is the one you least expect to hurt you will hurt you the most. That is the …show more content…

The decisions that Troy made affected the play the most because, after everyone found out Troy was seeing another woman the relationships began to fall apart. The relationships changed because Troy through the whole story talked about how he loved Rose so much and he would never do anything to hurt her. In the story Troy says “See this woman Bono? I love this woman so much. I love this woman so much it hurts. I love her so much… I done run out of ways of loving her” (Wilson 20). Hearing the words to see Troy go back and do that showed that he wasn't a man of his word and how can he be respected as a husband now or even a father?The protagonist also changed the most in the play but it wasn't for the good. At the beginning of the story Troy seemed happy and a playful person but when he started to see another woman then he became isolated he rarely came home and he didn't hang out with Bono anymore. Bono was the first to start giving hints that he was seeing another woman, but Troy did not want to accept it . Troy took Cory out of football to hide from the decisions he made and have everyone focus on that. But news like that nothing could distract Rose from what he said from then changed

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