Scene two picks up the next day, Saturday morning, as Rose is singing and doing chores, and Troy tells her she shouldn't waste her money playing the lottery. Troy looks for Cory to help him build a fence in his yard, but Rose tells him that Cory has gone to football practice.
Gabe, Troy's brother who received a head injury in World War II, enters carrying a trumpet, firmly believing he is the Archangel Gabriel. Gabe mentions that he has fruits and vegetables that he has been trying to sell. He thinks Troy is mad at him for moving into Miss Pearl's house recently, but Troy claims he is not. Troy offers Gabe some food, and Gabe tells Troy that he has seen his name in St. Peter's book, meaning he will go to heaven someday.
Gabriel was a soldier in the Second World War, during which he received a head injury that required a metal plate to be surgically implanted into his head. As he feels himself the victim of forces beyond his control, he doesn't see the point of taking responsibility for his actions, hence his cheating on Rose. This is a man who goes through life with a chip on his shoulder, feeling that the world owes him something for all the trials and tribulations he's been through.
Gabe was wounded in World War II and now has a metal plate in his head. The disability money he receives as result of his injury allowed Troy to buy the house that the Maxsons now live in, a source of shame for Troy. Just before the play begins, Gabriel has moved out to live with a lady named Ms. What does the fence mean to Cory? To Rose, a fence is a symbol of her love and her desire for a fence indicates that Rose represents love and nurturing. Troy and Cory on the other hand think the fence is a drag and reluctantly work on finishing Rose's project.
Bono also observes that to some people, fences keep people out and push people away. What does death represent in fences? In this play, Death represents the obstacles keeping Troy from happiness. Death had a role in Troy's past when he was going through hard times.
Troy threatened Death when his relationship with Rose was struggling. Peter used to eat biscuits every morning before the gates of judgment were opened.
Further, Gabriel says that St. Peter, Troy speaks about the grim reaper or the devil. Family, Duty, and Betrayal. Rose re-enters the yard from the house, and implies to Troy that Gabriel should go back to the hospital. But Troy thinks it would be cruel to lock Gabriel up after all Gabriel went through during the war.
He also feels guilty for assuming ownership of the three thousand dollars with which the army compensated Gabriel for his injury. Cite This Page. Home About Story Contact Help. Previous Act 1: Scene 1. Expert Answers For Cory, Troy is creating a rivalry with him regarding sports.
Cory feels that Troy is refusing to allow him to play football out of a jealous impulse. He thinks that Troy is worried that he will become a better athlete than his father. Cory also feels that Troy simply does not like him. When Gabriel begins his dance, he reaches within himself and finds a dance hidden inside him, a dance buried by centuries of white oppression. When Rose tells Raynell that if she is patient, her garden will grow, what does this reveal about her character?
Rose has become a good mother that her step-daughter needs. She has grown as a person and has patients.
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