Book Analysis Essay: Fences By August Wilson

Name:Professor:Subject:Date:Fences by August WilsonWhen Troy confesses to Rose of the affair with Alberta, like a loving wife and a mother to their son Cory, she is disappointed and surprised that her husband would betray her after being faithful and loyal to him for 1eighteen years. Although she knows that all has not been well with their marriage, the betrayal of that magnitude is what she least expected. The efforts she has been making to save their marriage by maintaining spousal and familial bond shows her determination to love and cherish her family with Troy. She opens up by telling Troy that she has chosen to stick with him despite the fact that she knows that Troy’s life is not changing for any better and has been married by wrong decisions or unachieved goals, which continue to haunt the family. Rose’s confession is an example of sticking for better and for worse in a marriage, something which Troy is not keen on as depicted by the fact that she chooses to have an affair. Rose’s dreams have always been to have a happy family with Troy and this is evident as even after the affair is revealed, she hangs