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- Paper is on the play and movie "Fences"
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- Quotes from the play
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ROSE MAXSON'S RELATIONSHIP WITH TROY’S CHILDREN
Cory is Troy's son with his second wife Rose. Rose has a warm relationship with Cory.
This is evidenced by the fact that Rose sides with Cory when Troy discourages Cory not to play
football. She is also supportive of Cory since she encourages Cory to play football despite the
discouragement Cory gets from his father Troy. This proves that Rose is also compassionate to
Cory since if she was not compassionate, she would not side with him especially when Troy was
against him. Therefore Rose has a good relationship with Troy's son Cory who is also her
biological son. Rose is also a source of love and understanding to Cory. This is evidenced by the
fact that Rose tries to convince Troy that times have changed and that Cory's skin color will not
bar him from future sports as it had in the past. She, therefore, tries to put sense in her husband
so that Troy can stop discouraging Cory in his dream of playing football. Rose also has a good
relationship with Cory since she makes him reason and he forgives his father. This is evidenced
by Rose convincing Cory to attend his father’s funeral. Rose, therefore, plays the role of reuniting Cory and his father.
Rose ends up convincing Cory to put the past behind him and attend his father’s funeral.
Were it not for Rose who managed to talk to Cory, he would not have attended his father’s
funeral since he had already refused to attend the funeral. Therefore Rose’s good relationship
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with Cory enables her to unite Cory and his father Troy despite the fact that Troy was dead. This
is evidenced by the fact that Cory finally forgave his father and understood that his father loved
him but he (Troy) did not express it since he always discouraged Cory with his dream of being a
footballer.
Rose has a good relationship with Lyon since she acts as a redemption force in trying to
unite Lyon and his father. She gives money to Lyon and tries to restore the hope of harmony in
the relationship between Troy and his son Lyon. Rose, therefore, acts as a bridge by trying to
unite her husband and his son Lyon. Due to the fact that Rose gives money to Lyon, this proves
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