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"From right now...this child got a mother. But you a womanless man" (Wilson 2.3.79). Rose is portrayed as a motherly person throughout the play, being the balance in her relationship with Troy. She was always playing the role of the wife, being there for Troy as the perfect housewife. Even after she finds out about Troy's affair, she wants to hang on to the role but she lets go, for herself and her son. Rose was had clung onto the role of the wife for so long, she forgot what it felt like to tend to herself. Even though her motherly side caves into helping Troy with his baby, she is no longer attached to him as a wife.

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"A motherless child as got a hard time. (She takes the baby from him.) From right now this child got a mother. But you a womanless man." (79) Rose sacrifices her life to care for the child of her cheating husband. She does what is morally right to care for this child and sacrifices a lot of her time and effort. She then sacrifices their marriage to the fact that Troy cheated on her and is now gaslighting her to thinking it is her own fault and she needs to care for his child.

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"You ain't never gave me nothing! You ain't never done nothing but hold me back ... All you ever did was try and make me scared of you. I used to tremble every time you called my name" (Wilson 2.4.86). As Cory has finally reached adulthood, he feels that he is finally able to express his criticism and disapproval of what he feels is eighteen years of injustice from his father, Troy. Cory proclaims that he has never felt comfortable around his father due to his aggressive nature and that the bare necessities he provided for Cory were simply not enough for Troy to earn his respect. By confronting his father in a fearless and aggressive attitude, he is finally revealing to Troy the injustices he felt as his son and unleashing his build-up anger in the process.

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“I ain’t going nowhere! Come on… put me out! I ain’t scared of you”(2.4.88). Now that Cory is older he is starting to feel the pain he felt growing up with his dad. He expressed how Troy was jealous that he had a better chance at sports than him and ruined it. Also, the fact that his dad gave him anxiety because of how intimidating Troy was to him. Now all of the anger is being given to Troy.

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"Okay, Troy . . . you're right. I'll take care of your baby for you . . . cause . . . like you say . . . she's innocent . . . and you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time.
(She takes the baby from him.) From right now . . . this child got a mother. But you a womanless man"(Wilson 79)
Rose sacrifices her own feelings in order to empathize with the newborn baby. Regardless of her own feelings towards her husband's betrayal, she decides to take in the baby as she doesn't want the child to be motherless. She is an example of doing the right thing despite personal emotions because an average would not mother a bastard child. She decides to sacrifice her feelings and her freedom by staying with Troy even when she later tells him that she is no longer his wife.

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"What you smiling at? Your daddy's a big man. Got these great old hands. But sometimes he's scared. And right now your daddy's scared cause we sitting out here an ain't got no home. Oh, I been homeless before. I ain't had no little baby with me. But I been homeless. You just be out on the road by your lonesome and you see one of them trains coming and you just kinda go like this..." (Wilson 2.3.79).
Troy is willing to give up his life for his new baby. This represents the love and compassion he has to raise this child, despite others. Even though Rose is not agreeing with Troy and his past decisions, he is sacrificing his old family to be with his new daughter.

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"You and them boys is my family. You and them and this child is all I got in the world. So I guess what I'm saying is ... I'd appreciate it if you'd help me take care of her." (2.3.78)
Troy is admitting to Rose that his family is all that he has, and is the single most important thing in his world. As Troy asks Rose (more politely than ever before- showing how important this is to him) to help take care of his new daughter, he is expressing his value in having a unified family, something that he never had growing up.

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"What you stop by and see me for? You ain't by in a month of Sundays. Hell I must owe you some money or something." (2. 4. 82) Troy is struggling with Bono wondering why he is there. Troy doesn't want to argue with or give anything to Bono. He is trying to think of the past and put it behind them.

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"Rose: ...From right now... this child got a mother. But you a womanless man.
Rose here makes a sacrifice by taking in Troy's kid he had with Alberta even though this child was born out of sin and was the result of Troy's indulgences. Troy here sacrificed his relationship with his son Cory, his friend Bono, and specifically in this passage his wife Rose to sleep with Alberta. He even lost Alberta to. Troy sinned and as a result he sacrificed all the people who loved him and he is now alone.

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"Okay, Troy... you're right. I'll take care of your baby for you...cause...like you say...she's innocent... and you can't visit the sins of your father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time. From right now... this child got a mother. But you a womanless man"(Wilson 2.3.79). This is a quote from Rose to Troy explaining her true feelings and griefs regarding her relationship with Troy. Their marriage had been difficult lately, as they had barely spoken for the past six months, but the greatest defeat for Rose was seeing Troy bring home another woman's baby. She says, "this child got a mother. But you a womanless man," meaning she will care for the innocent baby, but she is done putting up with Troy.

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"You aint never gave me nothing! You aint never done nothing but hold me back." Cory and Troy are in an argument where Cory tells toy how he really feels about him. He says that troy wasnt a good father and took away opportunities from him. He says its not fair and that it was just because he was jealous.

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"I asked you if you was fixing to walk over top of me in my own house? That's the question. You ain't gonna say excuse me? You just gonna walk over top of me?" (Wilson 2.4.85)
Troy was raised in a way that valued manners above all else. He wanted to do raise Cory in a similar way. Troy expects Cory to have manners around everyone, especially his elders. This expectation comes from his experiences and his culture.

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"I used to tremble every time you called my name...Wondering all the time... what's Papa gonna say if I do this?... What's he gonna say if I do that? (Wilson 2.3.86-87)." As Cory is coming of age, he is beginning to stand up to his father. He is facing his past of fear of his dad in order to finally stop the abuse from his dad. His past of fear has made him a stronger man.

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"I done spent the last seventeen years worrying about what you got. Now it’s your turn, see? I’ll tell you what to do. You grown . . . we done established that. You a man. Now, let’s see you act like one. " (Wilson 86)
Troy has always pressured Cory to be a "man" and that he has to work and provide for himself because he has to start acting like a "man". This is an expectation that Troy received at a kid and now Troy is enforcing that I Cory.

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"You and them boys is my family. You and them and this child is all I got in the world" (Wilson 2.3.79). Troy admits that his family is the most important thing to him. Even though he doesn't always show it, he deeply cares for Rose and his sons. Troy recognizes that his family is all he has and is what's keeping him going. Without his family, Troy would be completely lost.

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"What you gonna do...give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old. You just an old man" (Wilson 2.4.87). Cory is finally standing up to the injustice he lived with his whole life. The injustice of Troy's rain over Cory has come to an end with Cory finally standing up to him.

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"Oh, I see...I don't count around here no more. You ain't got to say excuse me to your daddy. All of a sudden you done got so grown that your daddy don't count around here no more..." (Wilson 2.4.85)
Troy is offended that Cory doesn't find the need to respect him out of fear anymore. He emphasizes the importance of family and the role that he has played in Cory's life, even if he's made some mistakes. Troy believes that his status as Cory's father and his ownership of the house should give him power over Cory.

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"You and them and this child is all I got in the world. So I guess what I'm saying is ... I'd appreciate it if you'd help me take care of her." (Wilson 2.3.79) Troy is showing the importance of family in this. He has nothing left but his family. He is pleading with Rose because he is broken, with no other options, but to rely on family. He has the responsibility of taking care of his child, yet does not have the ability or resources to do it by himself. Showing just how valuable family is.

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"You ain't never done nothing but hold me back... All you ever did was try and make me scared of you" (Wilson 2.4.86). Cory is finally confronting troy showing how he has had to deal with the father that he has grown up with his whole life and how much of a struggle that was for him.