Rose rejects Troy as her partner because she takes seriously the Biblical commandment that decrees, "Thou Shalt Not Sin," but finds forgiveness for the child born to her sinful husband because of her belief that "when the sins of our fathers visit us/we don't have to play host/we can banish them with forgiveness/as God ...
The play reaches its climax when Troy's affair is revealed, and his wife Rose and son Cory must decide between forgiveness or resentment. Rose forgives Tory and raises his mistresses's baby as her own, while Cory struggles to forgive his father for his multiple infractions.
While Troy can be sexually reckless to the point of cheating and impregnating another woman, Rose can't even leave her house without good reason, to avoid the stereotype of the African American woman as sexually wicked.
Rose tells Cory that a big part of the reason she married Troy was because she thought he would make good babies. Although Cory and his father did not get along, Rose insists that they are alike, and here she implies that she approves of the resemblance.
Rose still loves Troy, but felt and dealt with the pain that Troy brought after the affair and wants to show her children that Troy was still good after all the mistakes.
Yes, Troy cheats on Rose in the play Fences. He fathers a baby with his mistress, Alberta, and has to tell Rose about the affair when he finds out this news.
Even though Troy can be a jerk, Rose sticks by him for most of the play. Don't get us wrong, Rose is no doormat. She doesn't let Troy walk all over her; she always calls him on his crap. When he makes inappropriate sexual remarks in front of company, she tells him that's not cool.
Rose then tells Troy to come inside for lunch, but he says he has something to tell her—he confesses that he's going to be a father. Shocked, Rose cannot believe that Troy is telling her this, and—suddenly—Gabe enters the scene, with a rose in his hand.
Rose decides that the baby is innocent and shouldn't be blamed for Troy's sins, saying, "you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child this child got a mother, but you're a womanless man." She takes in Troy's baby as her own child, but refuses to honor her partnership with Troy.
Rose is also characterized by her devotion to her family, and her willingness to sacrifice her desires to be the best wife and mother she possibly can, and provide the most love she can muster.
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis play Troy and Rose Maxson, a couple who have been together for 18 years. Rose, who is loyal to Troy despite his past infidelity, is helping to raise his illegitimate daughter, Raynell.
Answer and Explanation: Troy does not treat Rose very well in the play Fences. Rose stands up for herself; when Troy makes inappropriate comments, she tells him to stop, and when he lies, she calls him out. However, Troy cheats on Rose and fathers a baby with his mistress.
Troy and Rose were married for eighteen years when Rose found out that Troy had been having an affair with another woman. The woman, Alberta, dies while giving birth to Troy's daughter, Raynell.
Answer and Explanation: While Troy is certainly not always a pleasant man to be around, in the play Fences, he does not physically or emotionally abuse Rose. However, he does have an affair and fathers a child with another woman.
Troy's death allows his family, especially Cory, to heal. Troy triumphs over Death because he never lets fear of it control his life.
Cory refuses to attend the funeral because he wants to rebel against Troy. Rose tells Cory that skipping his father's funeral won't make him a man.
Troy insists that Cory leave the house and provide for himself since he does not respect him as the man of the house and the breadwinner who provides for Cory.
Rose feels like Troy has betrayed his brother Gabriel by putting him into a mental institution. She originally thought it was a good idea, but Troy argued that his brother should be free.
Gabriel, believing himself to be the angel Gabriel, feels excited to open heaven's gates with his trumpet for his brother, Troy. Unfortunately, the trumpet makes no sound, and Gabriel seems to be briefly exposed to and aware of the reality that he is powerless.
Cory says yes—it used to be his room—and Rose comes to the door, telling Raynell to put on her good shoes for the funeral. Raynell exits into the house, and Rose tells Cory that Troy died swinging his baseball bat.
Troy is a good father because he takes care of his family financially. He has a steady job, which allows him to feed and clothe his children. Emotionally, Troy has little attachment to his children.
Another betrayal in the play would be that Troy cheated on his wife with a woman named Alberta. Rose and Troy have been together for eighteen years and that kind of betrayal really took a toll out of the family, especially Rose.
Helen of Troy, Greek Helene, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War.
Troy is husband to Rose, father to Lyons, Cory, and Raynell, and brother to Gabriel.
He pushes his son further and further away with his lack of support and his insistence that the boy follow a more traditional path. Troy is married to Rose, who is 10 years younger. Marrying Troy, she hoped for joy and stability after a chain of abusive relationships. What she discovered is Troy's inability to love.