Fences Compare And Contrast Essay

The play and movie Fences was set in 1957. Characters Troy Maxson and Jim Bono start off by telling each other personal stories. Later we find out Troy has many conflicts with his family in the play as we read. Troy does not allow his younger son, Cory, to play on the football team. He does not like to give his older son, Lyons, money when he needs it. We do see that Troy takes care of his brain damaged bother Gabriel. Then Troy going to prison for murder, he tries to keep his family going away from his pathway to help his children have a better future. The play ends with Troy dying and seeing that he goes to Heaven. The version of the film Fences altered, confused, or enhanced the text of play by scenes added or changed, the sets, costumes,

lighting, music and props.
The film of Fences it enhanced the play by adding or changing some of the scenes in the play.

The movie starts off with the two characters, Troy and Bono, at working putting garbage in the truck while talking about work with Troy asking the bosses why colored can’t drive the truck. It goes on to them both loading it up with trash and the white men driving the truck away while Troy and Bono stand on the back of the truck. In the play text the first scene happening at Troy’s house in his yard at the house. “Troy and Bono enter the yard, engaged in conversation.” (Wilson 1189; 1.1.). the play text processed to Troy and bono talking about their work as it did in the film. The change of setting and difference of the first act and scene made an effect by enhancing the audiences point of view from the film and play. In the film you can see Troy and Bono working and how they work. This makes it more fitting and useful for the audience watching the film then reading the play. Another point of the movie that enhanced the play was when we see Troy’s wife, Rose, tell Troy that Alberta died and the baby is okay. In the scene we see it first start off by Rose answering a phone call from the hospital. Later, Rose tells Troy that Alberta is dead we then see thunderstorms which are not present in the play text. Troy yelling at “Mr. Death”. This enhances the play by allowing the audience to have a personal connection to the play and the film by engaging the viewers more intensely as they are

watching the film.
The costumes of the film altered the play by giving the viewers an idea of what they were wearing during the play, because the play did not give any description of what the characters were wearing. This also helps set the time frame of the period being in 1957 by showing us the attire they were wearing during the film. For example, in the movie