Fences as Metaphor in Fences by August Wilson Essay -- essays research

As with most works of literature, the title Fences is more than than just a title. It could be initially noted that there is yet one physical fence being built by the characters onstage, exactly what are more important are the ideas that are being kept inside and outside of the fences that are being built by troy weight and some of the other characters in Fences. The fence building becomes quite figurative, as Troy tries to fence in his own desires and infidelities. Through this act of attempt to contain his desires and hypocrisies one might say, Troy finds himself fenced in, caught between his pragmatic and illusory ideals. On the one side of the fence, Troy creates illusions and embellishments on the truth, talking some how he wrestled with death, his encounters with the devil, later confronting the d...