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 believes she has been a good wife and mother and so Troy should have stayed with her.
Rose doesn't leave Troy when she learns about Alberta's pregnancy, but she stops talking to him. Alberta dies in childbirth, and Troy brings the baby home. Rose graciously takes the little girl, Raynell, in as her own.
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 ...
After Troy explains that he had an affair because he had been “standing in the same place for eighteen years” and felt disappointed in his life, Rose responds.
Here, in what is the turning point in the play, Troy confesses his affair with Alberta and the anticipated birth of his child. This episode results in many changes in the lives of the family. To this point in the play Rose, realizing her dependence on Troy, accepted his failings, his bitterness and regrets.
Although Troy still loves Rose, after eighteen years of marriage, he takes her for granted. Bono is trying to restore the reverence Troy had for Rose in their early years together.
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.
Rose's acceptance of Troy's illegitimate daughter, Raynell, as her own child, exemplifies her compassion.
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.
Troy admits to Rose that he has been having an affair and that his mistress, Alberta, is pregnant. Later, Alberta dies in childbirth.
Troy has died from a heart attack when he was swinging a bat at the baseball that hangs from a tree in their yard.
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.
Of course, Troy has many demons, and his King Lear-esque downfall cannot be blamed completely on racism. He is incredibly self-centered and narcissistic (and clearly an alcoholic).
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.
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.
The child of Troy and Alberta, Raynell is ultimately raised by Rose after both Troy and Alberta die.
By the end of Fences, August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece now playing at Ford's Theatre, we know a lot about Troy Maxson: his hard-scrabble Southern childhood, his stint in jail, and his time as a star in baseball's Negro Leagues. We know that he is a liar, a cheater and sometimes, a thief.
Rose learns from the hospital that Alberta had a healthy baby girl but Alberta died during childbirth. Troy confronts the imaginary character, Death, out loud again. He challenges Death to come and get him after he the builds a fence.
Troy's death allows his family, especially Cory, to heal. Troy triumphs over Death because he never lets fear of it control his life.
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.
Throughout the play he's gone around talking about judgment day. Gabriel always carries around a trumpet and says St. Peter told him to blow the horn when it's time to open heaven's gates for the day of judgment. So Gabriel decides that the day of his brother's funeral is the day of judgment for everybody.
In Greek mythology, the face that launched a thousand ships
She was married to Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, fell in love with Helen and abducted her, taking her back to Troy.
Menelaus and Helen rule in Sparta for at least ten years; they have a daughter, Hermione, and (according to some myths) three sons: Aethiolas, Maraphius, and Pleisthenes. The marriage of Helen and Menelaus marks the beginning of the end of the age of heroes.
ROSE: Rose is Troy's second wife who he married upon his release from prison. She is the mother of his youngest son, Corey. She is a 43-year-old housewife who makes time for her Church regularly.