Fences
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Act 1: Scene 1 Act 1: Scene 2 Act 1: Scene 3 Act 1: Scene 4 Act 2: Scene 1 Act 2: Scene 2 Act 2: Scene 3 Act 2: Scene 4 Act 2: Scene 5
Themes
All Themes Blackness and Race Relations Practicality, Idealism, and Race Manhood and Fathers Family, Duty, and Betrayal Mortality
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Troy Maxson Cory Maxson Rose Maxson Lyons Maxson Gabriel Maxson Jim Bono Raynell Alberta Mr. Rand
Symbols
All Symbols The Fence “Mr. Death”
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Soliloquy Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony
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Fences

by August Wilson

Fences Literary Devices

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