![]() ![]() Unlike baseball, however, he finally builds the fence (Wilson, Fences Act II, Scene iv). It sits there, reminding him of what he has not accomplished. Like the fence, one of his major life ambitions remains unachieved for much of the play. It parallels the career in baseball that Troy Maxson wanted to pursue (Wilson, Fences Act I, Scene i). The yard fence that sits unfinished at the beginning of the play is one example of this use of symbolism. Whether the fences that the family erects, both symbolically and physically, are successful in preventing the negative and promoting the positive, the audience remains uncertain. They also symbolize all the ways that this family tries to keep the things that threaten them out and their family unity in. They segregate, exclude, protect, and even imprison. ![]()
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