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"you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child this child got a mother, but you're a womanless man". (Wilson 79)

This quote from Rose is refuting the idea of injustice against the innocent baby. In this instance the baby shouldn't be at fault or have a negative outlook on it's life. This was Troy's fault and the consequences should be on his shoulders rather than the baby's.

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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 child from him.) From right now ... this child got a mother. But you a womanless man.

Rose is going take care of Troy's child because she won't blame them for their father's actions, but in order to do that she must sacrifice a lot. Children require a lot of time and energy. Having a newborn is difficult for young parents, but much more difficult for Rose, who is in her fifties.

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"Cory: You ain't never gave me nothing! You ain't never done nothing but hold me back. Afraid I was gonna be better than you. All you ever did was try and make me scared of you" (Wilson 2.4.86).

In this passage Cory is finally standing up to Troy about what he thought of his childhood. Cory knows that after he says this Troy will make him leave so he is sacrificing is easier life to make his point and try and show Troy how miserable he was. Cory sacrifices any relationship he has with his dad and his home just to show his emotion and how Troy had made him feel.

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"She is my daughter, Rose. My own flesh and blood. I cant deny her no more than I can deny them boys. You and them boys is my family. You and them and this child is all I got in this world."(pg.79)

Troy had cheated on Rose but that was one of the hardest things that he has ever done in his life. He has came to realization that he has to accept this child that he did not make with Rose and continue to move on because his children and Rose is all he has and he doesn't want to move on

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"A man's got to do what's right for him. I ain't sorry for nothing I done. It felt right in my heart" (2.3.79).

Troy is talking to Raynell when he says this. He is thinking through his actions and realizing that he made the right choice. He was willing to sacrifice his home and the comfort of what he knew in order to care for his daughter. He displays sacrifice in this brief and fleeting moment because he was willing to put someone else before himself. Even though he says it's "what's right for him", he is really doing it for his daughter.

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"You a man. Now, let's see you act one. Turn your behind around and walk out this yard. And when you get out there in the alley . . . you can forget about this house. See? Cause this is my house. You go on and be a man and get your own house." (2.4.86)
Troy is done with Cory's perceived disrespect and tells him to go out on his own and find his own house to stay in. This relates the cultural expectation of a child moving out and making their own way in the world, without their parents assistance.

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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 if you´d help me take care of her¨(2.3.78).

In this quote Troy is telling Rose that he has nobody and nothing other than his family. Rose, his sons, and now his daughter are the only important things to him in the world. He wants Rose to help him take care of the child to give the child a mother because the child´s mother died giving birth. Troy is showing that family is the most important thing in life.

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"It ain't the same, Bono. It ain't like working the back of the truck. Ain't got nobody to talk to . . . feel like your working by yourself. Naw, I'm thinking about retiring" (2.4.83).

Bono had worked very hard to defy the cultural expectation of the black men collecting the trash while the white men drive the truck. After he had begun driving the truck he realizes that he is worse off or more unhappy after challenging the cultural expectation.

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"I got to get by... You in my way. I got to get by" (2.4.84).

When Troy is in Cory's way in front of the door, this also symbolizes how Troy was always in Cory's way in life in general. Troy did not want Cory to act in accordance with his own identity, to follow his own dreams. Troy very much stripped away Cory's identity and freedom by denying him the chance of playing football.

An important part of a person's identity is their dreams and their conviction to those dreams. Cory has had enough of Troy and this is the point when Cory decides to walk on a different path entirely.

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"You ain't never gave me nothing! You ain't never done nothing but hold me back. Afraid I was gonna be better than you. All you ever did was try and make me scared of you. I used to tremble every time you called my name." (2.4.86)

Here Cory is speaking to his father, Troy. After so many years Cory is finally confident enough to oppose his father and call him out for all the horrible things Troy did to him as a child. This conversation very much parallels a conversation from Cory's youth in which Troy explained he never loved Cory, but took care out of a sense of duty to his family. This admission clearly had lasting psychological effects on Cory. Here Cory is telling his father that even though Troy provided material goods for him, he never addressed Cory's feelings as a person, and as a result didn't actually "provide" for him.

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"Around here in his own house and yard that he done paid for with the sweat of his brow. You done got so grown to where you gonna take over. You gonna take over my house. Is that right?" (2.4.85)
Due to the injustice Troy faced in his childhood directly from his father (whom also incurred injustice from being a sharecropper), his trauma caused him to take out his experiences on Cory. Troy's father never had a focus on his kids, which Troy feared and when his family began to run away from their father, it made his father feel a loss of power and control; a trait he adopted when Cory stood up to him. Troy's treatment as a child conveyed to his treatment of his kids and when Cory told his father he wasn't afraid of Troy anymore, Troy felt a loss of power and resorted to violence (much like his father had done to him).

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"Every time I heard your footsteps in the house. Wondering all the time... what's Papa gonna say if I do this? ... What's he gonna say if I do that? What's Papa gonna say if I turn on the radio (2.4.86-87)?

As Cory finally stands up for himself against his father, Troy, he brings up specific situations where he has been scared of Troy in the past. Cory points out all the wrongdoings Troy has done along with how he made him feel growing up. Looking back at the past had a huge impact in this scene.

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"I done spent the last seventeen years worrying about what you got. Now it's your turn, see? ... You a man. Now, let's see you act like one. Turn your behind around and walk out this yard. And when you get out there in the alley... you can forget about this house" (2.4.86).
In scene 4, Troy and Cory get into a conflict as Cory voices his feelings of resentment and anger towards his father. Cory explains that he is no longer afraid of Troy, and that he does not count as part of the house after what he did to Rose. Troy then sums up that Cory has become a man because he no longer fears Troy. This connects to Troy's own past because when he was 14 years old, he stood up to his father and realized that he could no longer tolerate his father's abuse. Troy tells Cory what to do next based on his experience as an adolescent, when he left his home and never returned. It shows Troy's recognition of himself in his son.

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"Greentree huh? You lucky, at least you ain't got to be lifting the barrels. Damn if they ain't getting heavier. I'm gonna put in my two years and call it quits." (Wilson 2.4.83)

We learn that Troy has gotten a promotion within his job and we understand that Bono as not. With this conversation, we learn that Troy starts to have a better work environment because he has gotten promoted and he is working in a traditional white spot of work. This gets pointed out and then we understand that the better conditioned and better paid jobs are given to whites which proves another inequality to Troy and his now broken up family.

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They keep switching me around. Got me out in Greentree now . . . hauling white folks’ garbage. . . . I’m thinking about retiring myself. . . . It ain’t the same, Bono. It ain’t like working the back of the truck. Ain’t got nobody to talk to . . . feel like you working by yourself. Naw, I’m thinking about retiring. (Act 2 Scene 4)

Troy is mad about the injustice jobs they have. He goes on to do his work as a garbage collector. The white men get to drive the trucks while all the African Americans have to deal with the garbage and putting into the back of the truck. He also didn't think it was fair that African Americans had to do all the manual labor while the white men got off freely. So now he is thinking about retiring because hes done with the inequality.

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"Troy, I can' live like this. I won't live like this. You livin' on borrowed time with me. It's been going on six months now you ain't been coming home." (2.2.75)
Rose is having to make scarfices to keep her family together. She knowns Troy is having an affair and she is living with the knowledge that her husband leaves to go see a different woman all the time. She really has no other options and no money to leave with so she wouldn't be a able to support Cory even if she wanted to. Rose is sacrificing her own happiness for the sake of her son and her life so she can hold together what little she still has.

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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" (2.3).

Rose is proving her kindheartedness and compassion here. She acknowledges that its unfair (unjust) to blame the baby for Troy's mistakes and that the baby is innocent.

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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 faces the consequences of cheating on Rose by having another child as a responsibility. He understands the value and importance to show that kid and his own kids the world and raise them to be the best versions of themselves which is a little ironic since he reflects much of his trauma onto his kids. He explains to Rose that they need to be together to be able to take care of this kid and their family despite the disputes. He values family and the importance of that responsibility.

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"Okay, Troy.... you're right. I'll take care of you 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" (Wilson 2.3.79).

Rose is a kind-hearted, soft, and caring human being, and even when the worst happens, she finds a way to please others, and barely herself. She is selfless and always puts others before herself, even when she is upset with the people she is helping.

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"My whole life I ain't done nothing but look to see if Friday coming and you got to tell me it's Friday. ROSE: Troy, I can't live like this. I won't live like this. You livin' on borrowed time with me." (2.4.56)

In this quote Rose explains to Troy that all the time they have spent together was borrowed time meaning that she could have left him but didn't because she wanted to keep her family together.