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Rose, like her name symbolizes,  is a kind and nurturing person that works to foster love and growth in her family. She is a beacon of maternal care. Rose's character traits and actions contrast against Troy's actions and traits. Unlike Troy, Rose is very thoughtful of other people's interests and hobbies. She entertains Troy's tall tales about the devil and supports Cory's dreams.

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From my observations, the nature of Rose's behavior is to think with reason and consideration of others feelings before speaking as well acting. Rose keeps her composure upon receiving Troy's confession of infidelity and doesn't berate his character, but rather question Troy's character. " 'All of a sudden it's "we." Where was "we" at when you was down there rolling around with some godforsaken woman? "We" should have come to an understanding before you started making a damn fool of yourself. You're a day late and a dollar short when it comes to an understanding with me.' "
Next, Rose is influenced by what she thinks is best for the sake of her family's wellbeing and her family's aspirations, namely Cory. She acts to provide care and love in hopes of growing closer with Troy and Cory. She also does her best to further Cory's dream of entering the big leagues in baseball.
Quote is from Act 1, Scene 2

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Moving on, through out the story one of the most prominent influences that shaped the story is Rose's choice of words. Through her words she expresses her values, beliefs and philosophies concerning life. Rose continuously advocates for Cory's dreams and expresses the importance of her commitment to Troy despite the difficulties as long as they were together. To quote Rose, as she fiercely replied to Troy's excuse of "needing" an outlet to forget his responsibilities by having an affair, as she expressed how she's being taken for granted, "I been standing with you! I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you. Don’t you think I ever wanted other things? Don’t you think I had dreams and hopes? . . . Don’t you think it ever crossed my mind to want to know other men? That I wanted to lay up somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? . . . But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams . . . and I buried them inside you." Troy's attempt to justify his infidelity is absolutely insulting to Rose and this reflects on her words.
Quotes is taken from Act 1, Scene

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To start, Rose notices and is sensitive about the interests, aspirations, intentions and feelings of the others characters in the story. Rose encourages Cory in his pursuit of a career in baseball, she goes along with Troy's almost fantastical anecdotes, she offers advice to Troy about being a better Father emotionally to Cory. As for what Rose notices, she discerns the changes that occur in contemporary time and understands that the world doesn't stop moving no matter what happens in your life span. Rose embraces and adapts to these changes. An example of this is how Rose handles her personal struggles by accepting them and learning to heal from it while Troy lets his past affect his future.

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Now, one of the conflicts faced by Rose towards the end of the story is the decision of leaving the care of Troy's baby, born from another woman, to him or accepting the child as her own to care for. Ultimately she says, " ' 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. . . . From right now . . . this child got a mother. But you a womanless man.' " Meaning, she does not hold the child accountable for Troy's sins, but ignores how the child came to be and instead accepts the child under her care. This displays Rose's understanding, thoughtful traits as well as the vitality of family.

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Lastly, Rose is a strong woman in how she sacrifices her time and effort in order to provide her family with a bright future. Rose is intelligent and hard working as she cooks, cleans and nurtures her family AND friends at times. So, Rose sees herself as a great wife and loving mother, rightfully, Troy affects Rose in hurtful ways by taking her for granted, being insensitive to her hobbies and interests and not heeding her input on important matters as well as his relationship with their son. This can be observed from Rose's unheard advice," 'Troy, I ain’t going through that with you no more. He’s over there cause he want to have his own place. He can come and go as he please . . . Now, that’s the last I wanna hear about that. I don’t wanna hear nothing else about Gabe and Miss Pearl . . . And next week . . . when that recruiter come from that school . . . I want you to sign that paper and go on and let Cory play football. Then that’ll be the last I have to hear about that.' " This quote displays the wisdom Rose had to offer in building a better life for her family.