Rose From Fences Research Paper

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I would not like to be Rose from Fences because of her family situation and her placement in society. It would be a horrible experience to give 18 years of your life to a man only for him to impregnate another woman. Rose is a great wife, but the way she is treated by Troy would not make me want to trade places with her. It would severely bother me to live in her time. The play takes place in 1950s Pittsburg, this was a difficult time for African Americans. The discrimination towards blacks would soon become illegal, but in Rose’s time it was still prevalent. Rose also had discrimination against her because she was a woman. Even though the play does not shine a focus on the societal forces acting against Rose, they existed in her lifetime.