Gender In John Turner's Fences

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John Turner 10-16-09 Men, women, children and adults all act different or have their own personalities. The women and men are defined by their gender such as the adults and children are respectively defined on how they act. Like how children act like children such as rebellious and adults act or they are grown and carry out their responsibilities the characters in Fences are defined by their larger categories. In the play Fences men and woman are defined differently. For example the women in this play are the housekeepers. They stay home, make dinner take care of the kids and cook dinner [excluding Lyons girlfriend who is never seen in the play]. Women aren’t considered as equal in this play as it states: “Rose: What you all out here getting into? Troy: What you worried about what we getting into for? This is men talk, woman.” They listen to the men of the house as their masters and usually are…show more content…
You aint never done nothing but hold me back. Afraid I was gonna be better than you. All you ever did was try and make me scared of you. I used to tremble every time you called my name. Every time I heard your footsteps in the house. Wondering all the time . . . what’s papa gonna say if I do this? . . . What’s he gonna say if I do that? . . . What’s papa gonna say if I turn on the radio? And mama, too . . . she tries . . . but she’s scared of you. [pgs.86-87] Raynell on the the other hand she’s excluded from this because she doesn’t really interact with Troy as much and is a whole lot younger than Cory, so she’s not a teenager she’s about 7 years old and is signified as the new sign of hope. The adults in the play are usually the regular type of an adult you would get. They go to work, provide for the family and take care of they’re responsibilities such as they’re kids, cleaning, and chores etc. Troy is the main caregiver around the house. He makes sure there is food in the fridge and a “pot to piss

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