In Fences, by August Wilson, the protagonist is constantly doing wrong to the people around him, betraying them constantly, and yet they continue to love him. “Sometimes when he touched he bruised. And sometimes when he took me in his arms he cut.” Troy’s wife is the one who is saying this, she is admitting that he did harm to her. Throughout the novel, he consistently betrays Rose by not giving her the love she deserves and by cheating on her. He also bares another child with said mistress. There is no shadow of a doubt he betrayed her. But she also says “but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm.” Despite him doing extensive emotional damage to her, she defends his honor by saying he was not aware of his actions. To